Master of Science in Nursing in Forensic Nursing at Texas A&M University

Programme overview

The MSN in Forensic Nursing prepares graduates to care for individuals who experience or perpetrate traumatic events or criminal acts resulting in injury or death. Graduates learn to recognise, collect and document the medical-forensic examination and to understand how evidence is used in civil and criminal proceedings. It is approved for asynchronous distance education with some required visits to Bryan, Texas for clinical skills training.

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 39 semester credit hours; non-thesis option minimum 36 hours.

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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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