Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) (Master's) at Michigan State University

Programme overview

The Nurse Practitioner MSN at Michigan State University prepares registered nurses with a BSN to deliver primary and acute care as advanced practice registered nurses. It is a hybrid programme with three concentrations: Adult Gerontology Primary Care, Family, and Psychiatric Mental Health.

Faculty: College of Nursing | Intake: Fall | Study mode: full-time | Location: East Lansing, MI, United States

What you will study

Hybrid format (some courses fully online, some requiring a few campus visits per semester) with clinical placement assistance. Study covers advanced health assessment, advanced pharmacology, clinical diagnosis and management, preventive care and health promotion, population and community health, and evidence-based practice, within the AGPCNP, FNP or PMHNP concentration.

Career pathways

Nurse practitioners in primary care clinics, hospitals and health systems, community health centres, behavioural health clinics, specialty medical practices and rural and underserved settings.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

BSN to MSN (Nurse Practitioner): university application and resume/CV; BSN from an accredited institution; minimum 3.0 GPA in the second half of the BSN programme; current, unrestricted RN licence (Michigan RN licensure required before clinical courses; applicants licensed outside the U.S. or Michigan may be admitted provisionally); 3-credit statistics course within five years (minimum grade 2.0 undergraduate or 3.0 graduate); written essay on career objectives and motivation; three professional letters of recommendation; admissions interview; English proficiency if native language is not English. Early deadline December 1, final deadline April 1. F-1 and J-1 visa holders are ineligible because of the level of online coursework.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applicants can start in fall (late August), spring (January) or summer (May) in the MPH programme; intake terms for other graduate programmes are set by each department or program.

The graduate application fee is $75 for domestic and international applicants, with one fee per application; applicants may submit up to two applications to different graduate majors per semester. Applications are reviewed by the department or program, which sets its own deadlines.

MPH application deadlines (SOPHAS completion): fall May 18, spring October 18, summer February 15; MSU supplemental application: fall June 1, spring November 1, summer March 1.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.msu.edu/apply/graduate-students

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