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Drexel University · College of Nursing and Health Professions

MSN Nurse Practitioner: Family/Individual Across the Lifespan

MSNFNPFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Private nonprofit

Award: Master of Science in Nursing: Family/Individual Across the Lifespan Nurse Practitioner

Program facts last verified October 6, 2026. Each fact links to the official page it came from.

Overview

Online MSN nurse practitioner track with synchronous online lectures and required on-campus and/or virtual intensives during clinical courses; students find and coordinate their own clinical site and preceptor.

Credential
Master's degree in nursing
Pathway
BSN-to-MSN
Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Specialty track
Family Nurse Practitioner
Delivery
Online coursework
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Credits
Not verified
Campus
Drexel University Health Sciences Building — Philadelphia, PA

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
RN with a BSN
Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Postlicensure: for nurses who already hold a license
License requirement
Current unrestricted US RN license or eligibility for licensure as a registered nurse
Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Certification preparation
Graduates are eligible to sit for the ANCC and/or AANP family nurse practitioner examinations
Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Which states' residents may enroll has not been verified. An online program's campus state does not establish where students can live.

Admissions requirements

References
Two professional references
Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 3BSN from an accredited institution with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Work experience
1-2 years of medical/surgical nursing experience preferred
Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Requirements not listed here are unknown to us — not “not required”.

Tuition & fees

Shown exactly as the school publishes it, with its fee basis. Per-credit, per-term, annual and total-program figures are never treated as comparable.

  • $1,298 per credit

    Online students — Listed for MSN/post-master's certificate nurse practitioner programs (online rate table) · 2026-2027

    Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Other fees

  • CNHP annual general fee (online programs): $125 (annual) · mandatory Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $58,293
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $58,293
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $2,370
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $36,234
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $36,234
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

A date without a year printed next to it on the school's page is shown as “date not confirmed”. Passed dates are never rolled forward.

Clinical, simulation & campus requirements

Clinical placements
Students find and coordinate their own clinical site and preceptor; the division offers resources to assist
Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Campus visits
Mandatory on-campus and/or virtual intensive during clinical courses
Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026

We never infer a placement guarantee from marketing wording; only arrangements the school states are shown.

Accreditation & approval

Program accreditation, state board approval and institutional accreditation are separate. Records below cover this program's degree level at this institution as the body lists it.

Nursing program accreditation

  • CCNE— Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

    Master's (MSN) · College of Nursing and Health Professions, Cherry Street, PA

    Initial: October 3, 2003 · Most recent: February 26, 2018 · Term expires: December 31, 2028 · Next review: Spring 2028

    Source: directory.ccnecommunity.org · verified October 6, 2026
    Accredited

State board of nursing approval

  • BON— Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: drexel.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Approved

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (PA) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. drexel.edu/cnhp/academics/graduate/MSN-Nurse-Practitioner-Family-Individual-Across-Lifespa — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. drexel.edu/drexelcentral/cost/tuition/graduate — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026

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