Master of Science in Nursing in Family Nurse Practitioner at Texas A&M University

Programme overview

The MSN in Family Nurse Practitioner prepares registered nurses through graduate education and clinical experience to deliver primary health care with an advanced scope of practice, reflecting NONPF core and population-focus competencies. It is approved for asynchronous distance education, with required visits to Bryan, Texas for clinical skills training and evaluation of diagnostic reasoning.

Faculty: College of Nursing (interdisciplinary programmes) | Department: Nursing | Study mode: full-time | Location: College Station, TX, United States

What you will study

Thesis option minimum 51 semester credit hours; non-thesis option minimum 48 hours of coursework.

Career pathways

Graduates are eligible to sit for the ANCC and AANP Family Nurse Practitioner certification exams.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Texas A&M University graduate admission (all graduate programmes): international applicants need TOEFL iBT 80 overall (tests before 21 Jan 2026) or, for the new TOEFL, an overall 4.5 with at least 4.0 per section, or IELTS Academic overall 6.0, with the test taken within the last two years; a GRE Verbal score of 146+ or GMAT Verbal 77+ (departmental approval) or a degree from a US-accredited institution can also satisfy the requirement. Some academic units set higher standards.

Requirements published at program group level.

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 admission is handled by each programme; applicants apply through the Texas A&M GraduateCAS or the programme's own application, and deadlines are set by the department.

The graduate application processing fee is $65, in addition to the centralized application service fee. Deadlines and required documents are set by each department; GRE score code 6003 (non-engineering) and 4119 (engineering).

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