The rate is published. The bill is not.
Purdue Global is unusually straightforward about its tuition — every rate below is on its own published schedule, dated and versioned. The reason two nurses still end up thousands apart is that a per-credit rate only becomes a price once you know the credit count.
The published rates
These are Purdue Global's standard nursing rates as published on 1 July 2026. The university notes they are subject to change on thirty days' notice, which is more warning than most schools give.
| Programme | Rate | Charged by |
|---|---|---|
| RN-to-BSN | $371.00 | Quarter credit hour |
| MSN | $420.00 | Quarter credit hour |
| ExcelTrack MSN | $3,200.00 | Ten-week term, however much you clear |
Two things sit inside that table which are worth pulling out. The undergraduate instructional-materials fee is waived, so books are covered rather than billed separately — a real saving most schools do not offer. And the MSN can be bought two entirely different ways, which is the subject of its own page.
Why the rate is the smaller half of the sum
The bachelor's requires a minimum of 180 quarter credit hours in total. An RN arriving with an associate degree and years of practice will be granted a large share of those before paying for anything. Someone arriving with less will not.
So the honest way to read the rate is as a multiplier on a number you do not know yet:
That spread is settled by an assessment, not a negotiation. It is why the transfer-credit page is the one to read before this one, and why anybody quoting you a total before assessing your record is guessing.
What the three weeks do and do not change
If you are a first-time undergraduate, the Commitment lets you test the programme for three weeks at no cost. It is worth having. But it does not reduce the total by a cent — carry on past week three and the full term is charged, trial included. Treat it as a free look at the school rather than a discount on it.
If you are a graduate or returning student, the trial does not apply and the arithmetic above starts on day one.
What we would check before you sign anything
- How many of the 180 credits you would actually be granted, in writing.
- Whether the standard track or ExcelTrack produces the lower total for your particular experience.
- Whether your employer reimburses, and on what schedule, since that changes the shape of the cost as much as the size.
- Whether the rate you have been quoted is the current published one, given the thirty-day notice provision.
Get the credit count before you get the quote
A rate without a credit count is not a price. We will work out the number that actually applies to you, and say plainly if another school reaches it cheaper.
Book twenty minutes