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East Carolina University · College of Nursing

PhD in Nursing

PhDFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Public

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

Overview

A fully online doctoral program with annual on-campus immersion sessions in the first and second years. Applicants entering directly from a BSN choose an education or health systems leadership concentration alongside the doctoral curriculum.

Credential
PhD in Nursing
Pathway
BSN-to-PhD
Source: nursing.ecu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Delivery
Online coursework
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Credits
Not verified
Campus
Health Sciences Campus (Greenville) — Greenville, NC

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
Not verified
Source: nursing.ecu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Postlicensure: for nurses who already hold a license

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

Admissions requirements

GRE General Test
Not requiredPage also lists GMAT as not required
Source: nursing.ecu.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.

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

Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $4,452
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $20,729
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $2,909
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $4,749
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $17,898
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

Campus visits
Annual on-campus immersion experiences in the first and second years
Source: nursing.ecu.edu · verified October 6, 2026

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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.

No accreditor-directory record or state approval statement matched this program's level yet. That does not mean the program is unaccredited.

Sources

  1. nursing.ecu.edu/nursing-phd/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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