Birmingham,
AL,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MSc in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner in Birmingham United States | University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Birmingham United States
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Qualification
Masters Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
34,673
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
24 months
Students who complete the MSN Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program gain the expertise to provide comprehensive healthcare to patients of all ages. These advanced practice nurses specialize in primary care, addressing both acute conditions and ongoing health issues while fostering wellbeing for patients, family units, and populations.
Designed with working nurses in mind, the program follows a flexible part-time schedule using a hybrid learning model. This approach blends real-time virtual instruction with mandatory on-campus sessions, where learners engage in hands-on clinical simulations and lab work to develop critical competencies.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
Hold a BSN degree from a regionally accredited institution and a nationally accredited nursing program (CCNE or CNEA accreditation), equivalent to the one offered by the UAB School of Nursing.
Possess an unencumbered and unrestricted nursing license to practice in the state where you plan to conduct your clinical practicum.
Cumulative undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or on the last 60 semester hours.
Students with less than a 3.2 GPA (last 60 hours undergraduate GPA or overall undergraduate GPA) are required to complete and submit scores for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or GMAT, only scores completed within the previous 5 years are accepted. Minimum required scores are a combined score of 297 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE or score of 480 on the GMAT. Applicants who have successfully completed a graduate degree from a regionally accredited academic institution may receive a waiver for this requirement if they achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher in their previous graduate degree program.
Submit three letters of professional reference attesting to the applicant's potential for graduate study.
IELTS 6.5 and minimum of 6.0 in at least 2 of the 4 test sections.
TOEFL iBT 80 and minimum of 18 in each of the 4 test sections.
Possess an unencumbered and unrestricted nursing license to practice in the state where you plan to conduct your clinical practicum.
Cumulative undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or on the last 60 semester hours.
Students with less than a 3.2 GPA (last 60 hours undergraduate GPA or overall undergraduate GPA) are required to complete and submit scores for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or GMAT, only scores completed within the previous 5 years are accepted. Minimum required scores are a combined score of 297 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE or score of 480 on the GMAT. Applicants who have successfully completed a graduate degree from a regionally accredited academic institution may receive a waiver for this requirement if they achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher in their previous graduate degree program.
Submit three letters of professional reference attesting to the applicant's potential for graduate study.
IELTS 6.5 and minimum of 6.0 in at least 2 of the 4 test sections.
TOEFL iBT 80 and minimum of 18 in each of the 4 test sections.
Tuition
USD
34,673