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Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN)

MSNFNPFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Private nonprofit

Award: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

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

Overview

A distance-based nurse practitioner major of 49 credit hours and 784 clinical hours over eight semesters, with most coursework online plus on-campus intensives and clinicals arranged near the student's home.

Credential
Master's degree in nursing
Pathway
BSN-to-MSN
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Specialty track
Family Nurse Practitioner
Delivery
Online coursework
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
8 semesters (fall or spring entry)
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
49 credit hours / 784 clinical hours
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
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
License requirement
Current registered nurse licensure in the state in which the applicant plans to practice
Source: nursing.duke.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

Prior degree
Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an ACEN- or CCNE-accredited program (or an associate degree in nursing plus a bachelor's degree in any field)
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 3Preferential consideration for applicants with a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scaleRecommended
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Prerequisite courses
Grade of C or better in a three-credit general or introductory statistics course
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
References
Three professional recommendations submitted electronically
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: MSN tuition rate per credit hour as published on the MSN tuition page

    Calculated$114,905 — 49 credits × $2,345 per credit; excludes other fees

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

  • Rolling admissions; applications reviewed as completed

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

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 hours
784 clinical hours
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Campus visits
Most coursework is online with a few virtual synchronous sessions and course-focused on-campus intensives
Source: nursing.duke.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Clinical placements
Students can complete clinicals near home with help from the clinical placement team
Source: nursing.duke.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) · School of Nursing, Durham, NC

    Initial: October 3, 2003 · Most recent: February 13, 2023 · Term expires: December 31, 2033 · Next review: Spring 2033

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

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (NC) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. nursing.duke.edu/academic-programs/curricula/msn-family — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. nursing.duke.edu/academic-programs/msn-master-science-nursing/family-nurse-practitioner — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  4. nursing.duke.edu/academic-programs/msn-master-science-nursing/msn-admissions — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  5. nursing.duke.edu/academic-programs/msn-master-science-nursing/tuition-fees-msn — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026

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