Chamberlain University

Key Highlights

• Arizona authorizes Chamberlain to operate and grant degrees in the state.
• The Phoenix BSN has approval from the Arizona State Board of Nursing.
• The established Phoenix offering is a three-year, nine-semester pre-licensure BSN.
• The planned Phoenix MPAS remained pending ARC-PA provisional accreditation as of August 20, 2026.

Student Life & Environment

Student life at Phoenix is shaped by a specialized, professionally oriented campus rather than residence halls, varsity athletics, or a large collection of unrelated majors. The official campus page identifies a Phoenix Student Government Association as a route for students to participate, represent peers, and connect outside class. Information sessions and tours also allow prospective students to meet current students and inspect classrooms, simulation facilities, and student spaces. Much of the community experience develops through small classes, laboratory teams, clinical preparation, and cohort-based progression. Chamberlain reported an average Phoenix class size of 20 as of February 2026, although individual classes and clinical groups can differ. The campus also provides access to the Center for Academic Success, professional and peer nursing tutors, faculty support, and round-the-clock academic resources. University services include library access, academic and finance advising, student-support channels, and career-development resources. Students should expect nursing school to impose obligations beyond ordinary class attendance. Clinical compliance, health requirements, background checks, drug screening, laboratory sessions, and assigned clinical schedules can affect daily life. Prospective students balancing employment or family responsibilities should ask specifically which components can be taken online and how far they may need to travel for clinical placement.

Location & Surroundings

The campus is at 20410 North 19th Avenue in the Deer Valley area of North Phoenix. Chamberlain describes it as accessible from Interstate 17 and Loop 101 and provides free parking, making the site especially practical for students who commute by car. Its weekday public operating hours are listed as 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., although class, laboratory, and clinical schedules may extend beyond those hours. North Phoenix places students within a large metropolitan healthcare market and within reach of hospitals and medical centers used for experiential learning. The campus page also points to downtown Phoenix’s cultural districts and regional outdoor recreation, including Camelback Mountain, but these destinations are not immediately adjacent to the school. Students should evaluate travel time rather than assuming a central-city setting. Housing and transportation require advance planning. Chamberlain does not advertise a residential-campus experience on the Phoenix page. PA students are explicitly responsible for securing their own housing during the clinical year unless a clinical site provides it, and some assigned clerkships may require substantial travel or temporary accommodation. BSN applicants should likewise ask how clinical-site assignments affect commuting.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For the Phoenix BSN, Chamberlain’s schedule effective July 2026 lists tuition of $765 per credit. Applied to the published 122-credit curriculum, tuition is $93,330. The university’s model adds a $4,230 student-services charge across 18 sessions, a $270 activity fee, a $200 background-check, fingerprinting, and drug-screen fee, an estimated $2,700 for books and supplies, and a $350 NCLEX-preparation fee. The resulting published program estimate is $101,080 before transfer credit or aid. Health screening, immunizations, insurance, transportation, living expenses, and variable clinical costs may add materially to a student’s budget. This program estimate should not be confused with the record’s older $17,280 annual tuition field. The Phoenix page illustrates potential reductions from average transfer credit and a Chamberlain Care Grant, but these are not guaranteed. Financial aid is available to eligible students, and applicants should use the net-price calculator and obtain an individualized aid and transfer-credit review. They should also compare total borrowing and living costs with public and nonprofit nursing alternatives. Career preparation is tightly connected to licensure-based healthcare work. BSN students receive clinical education and NCLEX preparation, but graduation alone does not confer registered-nurse licensure. Chamberlain’s Career Services provides professional-development resources, experiential-learning support, career advising, résumé and interview preparation, and healthcare job listings for students and alumni. Employment is not guaranteed. The new Phoenix MPAS has no graduate employment or PANCE record because its first cohort had not enrolled as of August 20, 2026; the university expects to publish first-time PANCE results after the planned first cohort graduates in 2028.