The Duquesne University School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was the first university in the U.S. to offer an online nursing Ph.D.
The School of Nursing at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is one of ten degree-granting bodies which make up the university. In 1997, the Duquesne School of Nursing was the first university in the nation to offer an online Ph.D. in nursing. 
