The Best RN-to-BSN Programs in Arizona, Ranked for 2026

ASU's RN to BSN track is built for RNs who already hold an associate degree and an active, unencumbered RN license. Coursework runs fully online in 7.5-week sessions with five start dates a year (two in fall, two in spring, one in summer), and ASU states the degree can be finished in as little as 14 months. Transfer pathway agreements with Arizona community college nursing programs streamline how prior ADN credits apply toward the BSN.

In-state tuition runs $11,478 a year and out-of-state is $13,776, a gap of just $2,298, unusual pricing leverage for a program this large (ASU enrolls 72,994 students overall). That combination of speed, low out-of-state penalty, and scale is a big reason ASU Digital Immersion carries a Hakia Score of 80.9, the top mark among the Arizona RN-to-BSN completion programs in this ranking. It is not available to residents of Tennessee or Washington. Registered nurses nationally earn a median $97,550/yr per the BLS wage data; the BSN itself does not move that number, but it clears the credential bar hospitals increasingly set for Magnet-track and charge-nurse roles.

This ASU listing carries the same RN to BSN structure as ASU's Digital Immersion track: online coursework in 7.5-week sessions, five start dates a year, and completion in as little as 14 months for RNs with an active license and an associate degree. What differs is the tuition schedule tied to this Campus Immersion classification, so RNs should confirm which ASU immatriculation category applies before enrolling.

In-state tuition matches Digital Immersion at $11,478 a year. Out-of-state here is $32,394, nearly three times the in-state rate, and $18,618 more per year than Digital Immersion's out-of-state price of $13,776 for the same online RN to BSN curriculum. Arizona-resident RNs pay the same $11,478 either way; non-resident RNs should verify which category applies before enrolling, since it is the difference between $13,776 and $32,394 a year. Sixty-eight percent of students graduate, and the program holds a Hakia Score of 78.8.

Pima Medical Institute's B.S. in Nursing (RN to BSN) is a fully online completion track built specifically for RNs already working in the field. Course length runs about one year, structured as three semesters of four courses each, covering nursing theory, health care informatics, evidence-based research, and an interprofessional leadership capstone. Admission requires an unencumbered RN license plus 79 semester credits of prior postsecondary coursework already completed; no further NCLEX testing is required since applicants have already passed it.

Pima does not publish RN to BSN tuition on its program page, but 72% of its students graduate, and the school carries a Hakia Score of 78.4, tied for second among Arizona's ranked RN-to-BSN programs. The one-year, no-clinicals format suits an RN who wants the fastest route to a BSN without added prerequisite coursework beyond the 79 credits already banked. As with any BSN completion, the real payoff is eligibility for leadership, community health, and Magnet-hospital roles, not a bump to the $97,550 national median RN wage.

NAU offers its RN to BS in Nursing as a fully online completion degree through the Maria and Steve Sanghi College of Nursing, alongside its Flagstaff, Tucson, Phoenix North Valley, and Yuma campuses. The college emphasizes rural and Indigenous health, reflecting NAU's community partnerships across Arizona, and RNs can move directly from this completion track into NAU's graduate nursing programs, including FNP and PMHNP master's options, if they want to keep advancing after the BSN.

In-state tuition is $11,378 a year and out-of-state is $18,795, a $7,417 annual gap. AZEdNews ranked NAU the #1 most affordable online RN-to-BSN program in Arizona, and RNtoMSN.org ranked it #2 in the state overall. NAU's Hakia Score of 76.9 and 61% graduation rate reflect a smaller, regionally focused program rather than ASU's scale, which suits an RN who wants closer advising and a direct, in-state bridge into an Arizona MSN track after finishing the BSN.

Grand Canyon University's nursing completion track sits inside its College of Nursing and Health Care Professions. Instead of a fixed transfer chart, GCU runs every applicant's prior coursework, including ADN credits, through its Lopes Eval to see what counts toward the 123 credits required for the BSN. The school will transfer in up to 90 of those credits, though only 84 can be lower-division, so some of your associate-level general education may need to be replaced with upper-division work. Courses run on a 15-week term.

Tuition is billed at $8,250 per semester, which lines up with the $16,473 annual figure on record, and GCU's overall nursing completion rate stands at 43%. That combination earned it a Hakia Score of 73.3, good for the number 5 spot on this Arizona ranking. GCU's public page for this track doesn't name a specific programmatic accreditor, so confirm CCNE or ACEN status directly with an enrollment counselor before you commit. A working RN weighing this option is really weighing the credit evaluation: if your ADN transcript clears Lopes Eval cleanly, this can close the gap between an associate license and the bachelor's that hospitals increasingly expect for advancement.

University of Phoenix built this track for working RNs. You need an active, unencumbered RN license and an ADN to enroll, and the school will transfer in up to 87 credits from that prior degree, leaving just 33 credits to complete online. At that pace, the program's own numbers put average completion at 14 months. The capstone is a Senior Leadership Practicum that folds everything you have learned into one final project, and the curriculum is built around AACN and QSEN standards rather than a generic gen-ed list.

Cost runs $350 per credit plus a $170 resource fee per course, which the school totals to roughly $14,000 for the standard 11-course track with 87 transfer credits. That is a real number you can plan around, not a guess. The BSN, MSN, and DNP programs here carry CCNE accreditation, and a Hakia Score of 71.8 places this program 6th in the Arizona ranking. The national median RN salary sits at $97,550, but the real reason to finish this fast is that Magnet-designated hospitals and most large systems now expect a BSN for anything beyond bedside staffing, and it is the credential that opens the door to an MSN or nurse practitioner track later.

This is a degree completion program built specifically for RNs coming in with associate-level training, delivered entirely online. The full degree runs 120 credits, split across 36 credits of general education, 36 credits of required nursing core courses, 15 credits of nursing electives, and 33 general elective credits. Up to 90 credits can transfer in, but each transcript is evaluated individually rather than matched against a flat chart, so your actual transfer count depends on what you send in. The next term starts August 1, with an application deadline of July 20.

Tuition on record for this program is $11,737. The school describes the RN-BSN track as programmatically accredited but does not name CCNE or ACEN specifically on its program page, so verify that detail before applying. This is also the program with the widest range in outcomes data on this list: its overall completion rate runs 9%, well below the other two Arizona programs here, which earned it a Hakia Score of 68.3 and the 7th spot in this ranking. If you go this route, ask directly about cohort support and time-to-degree for RN-BSN students specifically, since the published rate reflects the school's full student body, not this program alone. The payoff for finishing is the same one every BSN completion path offers: it is the credential increasingly required for advancement and the prerequisite for an MSN or nurse practitioner track.