Ohio Univ RN-BSN

[mtsteelhorse]

Help! Starting back to school is a huge step! I'm curious as to why there aren't more nurses completing their BSN through Ohio Univ. Their tuition is VERY reasonable and the courses are completely on-line. As I wait to finalize things for enrollment I feel some concerns. My contact with them has been professional and courteous. The process is straightforward. My concern is that I rarely hear anyone mention this program. The requirements are reasonable. It seems so many people attend the much more expensive programs. Any input would be greatly appreciated...especially before I launch into this!

Thanks in advance :)

[anon695]

It seems so many people attend the much more expensive programs.

I think this is because the expensive online for-profit ones like University of Phoenix, Chamberlain, Excelsior, etc. do a ton of advertising. So more people know about those programs, and may be unaware of the much cheaper but comparable alternatives at state university systems. I can't think of another reason why somebody would pay $575/credit at a for-profit when you can get the same online RN-BSN for $207/credit with the State University of NY system.

I'm in the same situation you are, I have a previous BA and am finishing up a 2-year RN degree. I'm going to start an online RN-BSN with SUNY right afterwards (which doesn't require chemistry but does require statistics, which I took in my first college career). I've heard the same that you did, that it's mostly busy work, researching and writing papers.

[mtsteelhorse]

Is SUNY similar then to say Ohio Univ in terms of demands or do you know? Ohio Univ is $155/credit hr which is cheaper than any school I've seen. And they are CCNE accredited. I took stats many moons ago but a D doesn't transfer! Young and foolish at the time!

[anon695]

I've done a lot of research on RN-BSN programs and from what I've seen, every online program from every state university system has the same nursing classes - community health, nursing management, nursing research, statistics, etc. The only difference is price and what pre-requisites they want. Some are very picky and want 6 credits in Studio Art or 6 credits in Foreign Language, so I chose a program that wasn't going to make me spend time and money taking a whole lot of gen-ed classes that I didn't feel were necessary to be a nurse (as I said, I got a BA before so I've got tons of non-nursing credits, just not all the specific classes on some of these program's lists). So SUNY Delhi's online program is likely the same thing as Ohio University's, just a different price per credit. Since I am in the NYC area I want to "Stay local" even if the degree is online. I learned the hard way the first time around that going to a school out of your area just gets you blank states when you go back home and look for a job. "you went where? What school is that?"

I took stats at my first school and it was pass/fail there, I passed so the school agreed to write a letter stating that, even though there is no letter grade on my transcript. I don't mind re-taking it, if it wasn't hard for me at age 19 it will be trivial for me now. but ALL the RN-BSN programs require statistics.