Admissions

Bennett Davis Hall
504 East Main Street
Titusville, PA 16354
Phone: 814-827-4408
Phone toll-free: 888-878-0462
Fax: 814-827-4522
E-mail: uptadm@pitt.edu

The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville (Pitt-Titusville) offers a two-year, associate of science degree in Nursing.  Pitt-Titusville will prepare you to sit for the State Board of Nursing examination to become a registered nurse.  This program maintains the University of Pittsburgh’s emphasis on excellence in education by providing a strong foundation in the sciences and clinical knowledge. 

Any student with a high school diploma or its equivalent may apply for admission, though applicants must meet certain academic requirements in order to be considered.  Each application is evaluated individually by our Nursing Admissions Committee.

Admission Procedure

All high school graduates, equivalency diploma recipients, and transfer students interested in pursuing nursing education at Pitt-Titusville must file an application for admission. Applications are provided by the Office of Admissions, or they can be submitted electronically at www.titusville.pitt.edu.  Once admitted, students will receive information about orientation and registration.

Applicants for admission to the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville should submit the following materials to the Pitt-Titusville Office of Admissions:

1. Pitt-Titusville application form
2. Official high school transcript
3. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or American College Testing Program (ACT) scores (optional for Fall 2024)
4. Transfer applicants must also submit official academic transcripts from each college attended

In addition, the following items, while not required, will be considered by the Admissions Committee, and applicants are encouraged to include these optional items:

1. Admissions interview
2. References/letters of recommendation
3. Essay/personal statements

Transfer Credits

Students who have taken credits at other colleges or universities may be able to apply them toward Pitt-Titusville’s ASN degree. Transfer students must have completed at least 12 college credits with at least a 2.75 cumulative GPA.  However, not all credits will transfer, and only a maximum of 30 credits will be accepted toward completion of the degree. Evaluation of transcripts for transfer into the ASN program will be made by the Registrar on an individual basis. It should also be noted that the final 30 credits of the degree must be completed in residence at the Titusville campus. 

Campus Visit

Appointments for interviews and campus visits are encouraged. The purpose of the campus visit is to allow student candidates and their families an opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of the program, facilities, admission policies, and campus environment. Interviews and visits may be scheduled weekdays throughout the year by calling 814-827-4408 or online at www.titusville.pitt.edu.

Admission Requirements

All applicants for admission to the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville must graduate from an accredited secondary school with a minimum cumulative gpa of 2.75 or better on a 4.0 = A scale, or hold an equivalency diploma and submit 16 units of secondary school credits.  Recommended preparation includes:

Applicants for the Nursing program have additional admission requirements. Contact the Office of Admissions or the Nursing Program office for full details.

Advanced Placement

The University accepts advanced placement credits according to the following schedule:

Readmission of student service members to the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville

As part of the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville will promptly readmit a service member with the same academic status they had when last attending or accepted for admission. This requirement applies to any student who cannot attend school due to military service.

Definitions

Military service (or service in the uniformed services)- Voluntary or involuntary service in the armed forces, including service by a member of the National Guard or Reserve on active duty, active duty for training, or full-time National Guard duty under federal authority, for a period of more than 30 consecutive days under a call or order to active duty of more than 30 consecutive days. This does not include National Guard service under state authority.

Service member-Someone who is a member of, applies to be a member of, performs, has performed, applies to perform, or has an obligation to perform, service in the uniformed services.

Appropriate officer-A warrant, commissioned, or noncommissioned officer authorized to give such notice by the military service concerned.

Armed Forces-The U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.

Active duty-Full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. Active duty includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, and  attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned.  Active duty does not include full-time National Guard duty.

Notice and Procedure

The student must notify the school of their military service and intention to return to school as follows:

• Notification of military service. The student attending the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville (or an appropriate officer of the armed forces or official of the Department of Defense) must give oral or written notice of such service to the Vice President of Enrollment Management at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville as far in advance as is reasonable under the circumstances. This notice does not have to indicate whether the student intends to return to the school and may not be subject to any rule of timeliness. (Timeliness must be determined by the facts in each case.) Alternatively, at the time of readmission, the student may submit an attestation of military service that necessitated their absence from school. No notice is required if precluded by military necessity, such as service in operations that are classified or would be compromised by such notice.

• Notification of intent to return to school. The student must also give oral or written notice of their intent to return to their program of study to the Vice President of Enrollment

Management at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville within three years after the completion of the period of service. A student who is hospitalized or convalescing due to an illness or injury incurred or aggravated during the performance of service must notify the Vice President of Enrollment Management at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville within two years after the end of the period needed for recovery from the illness or injury. A student who fails to apply for readmission within these periods does not automatically forfeit eligibility for readmission but is subject to the applicable University of Pittsburgh at Titusville policies or practices generally governing student leaves of absence, readmission, and/or reinstatement.

The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville suggests that students providing Notification of military service or Notification of intent to return to school do so by sending an email to the Vice President of Enrollment Management at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville at the following address upbacct@pitt.edu, or orally by calling 814-362-7602, in order to ensure accuracy and expeditious processing, but such notice is not required to follow any particular format. When a student is requesting readmission, they will be required to provide any supporting documentation requested by the University, in accordance with 34 C.F.R. § 668.1S(g).

The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville will promptly readmit the student into the next class or classes in the program beginning after they provide notice of intent to reenroll, unless they request a later date or unusual circumstances that require the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville to admit them at a later date.

The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville will admit the student with the same academic status, which means:

• to the same program to which the student was last admitted or, if that exact program is no longer offered, the program that is most similar to that program, unless they choose a different program;
• at the same enrollment status, unless the student wants to enroll at a different enrollment status;
• with the same number of credit hours previously completed, unless the student is readmitted to a different program to which the completed credit hours are not transferable; and
• with the same academic standing (e.g., with the same satisfactory academic progress status) the student previously had.

If the student is readmitted to the same program, for the first academic year in which they return, the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville will assess the tuition and fee charges that they were or would have been assessed for the academic year during which they left the school. However, if their veteran’s education benefits or other service member education benefits will pay the higher tuition and fee charges that other students in the program are paying for the year, the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville may assess those charges to the student as well.

If the student is admitted to a different program, and for subsequent academic years for a student admitted to the same program, the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville will assess no more than the tuition and fee charges that other students in the program are assessed for that academic year.

The cumulative length of the absence and of all previous absences from the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville for military service may not exceed five years. Only the time the student spends actually performing service is counted.

Helping students to be readmitted and when it might not occur

If the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville determines that the student is not prepared to resume the program with the same academic status at the point where they left off or will not be able to complete the program, the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville will make reasonable efforts at no extra cost to the student to help them become prepared or to enable them to complete the program. This may include providing refresher courses and/or other remedial measures as the University deems appropriate under the circumstances.

The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville is not required to readmit the student if it determines:

• that there are no reasonable efforts it can take to prepare the student to resume the program at the point where they left off or to enable them to complete the program; or
• that after it makes reasonable efforts (those that do not place an undue hardship on the institution), the student is not prepared to resume or complete the program.

“Undue hardship” means an action requiring significant difficulty or expense considering the overall financial resources of the school and the impact of such action on its operation.

The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville has the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the student is not prepared to resume the program with the same academic status at the point where they left off or that they will not be able to complete the program.