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Nurse Anesthesia DNP

DNPBSN-to-DNPCRNAFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Private nonprofit

Award: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

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

Overview

A 36-month full-time DNP program preparing registered nurses as nurse anesthetists, accredited by the COA. It is selective and requires a bachelor's degree with a nursing major, a science GPA of at least 3.2 and life-support certifications.

Credential
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Pathway
BSN-to-DNP
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Specialty track
Nurse Anesthesia
Delivery
Not verified
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
36 months
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
Not verified
Campus
Duke University School of Nursing — Durham, NC

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
RN with a BSN
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Postlicensure: for nurses who already hold a license

Admissions requirements

Prior degree
Bachelor's degree with an upper-division nursing major from an ACEN- or CCNE-accredited program
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 3.2Minimum science GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 3Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher, or evidence of outstanding graduate academic achievement
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Documents
BLS, ACLS and PALS certification
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
GRE General Test
Not required
Source: nursing.duke.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.

  • $2,345 per credit

    All students · 2026-2027

    Includes: DNP tuition rate per credit hour; the page also gives an average nurse anesthesia tuition of $36,340 per semester

    Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Other fees

Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $63,450
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $63,450
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $2,355
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $62,620
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $62,620
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

Start terms: August Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026

  • Application opens June 1; closes August 1

    Fall (August start)

    Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Date not confirmed

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

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

    Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) (DNP) · School of Nursing, Durham, NC

    Initial: October 21, 2009 · Most recent: February 13, 2023 · Term expires: December 31, 2033 · Next review: Spring 2033

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

  • COA— Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA)

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Accredited

Published outcomes

Exactly as published, with year and population. Results for one program or campus are never applied to another.
MeasureYearResultPopulation / scope
Certification exam pass rateDuke University School of Nursing202592%First-time National Certification Exam pass rate, Class of 2025
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Job placement rateDuke University School of Nursing2025100%Most recent graduating class (2025), employed as a nurse anesthetist within 6 months of graduation
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (NC) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. nursing.duke.edu/academic-programs/dnp-program-nursing/dnp-tuition-fees — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. nursing.duke.edu/academic-programs/dnp-program-nursing/nurse-anesthesia-admission — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  4. nursing.duke.edu/academic-programs/dnp-program-nursing/nurse-anesthesia-dnp — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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