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Long Island University · Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing (LIU Brooklyn); School of Nursing (LIU Post)

M.S. in Family Nurse Practitioner (Brooklyn)

MSNFNPFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Private nonprofit

Award: Master of Science in Family Nurse Practitioner

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

Overview

A 48-credit part-time master's for RNs with a nursing bachelor's, taken over seven semesters with 624 clinical hours. About 49% of class sessions are online and the rest face-to-face.

Credential
Master's degree in nursing
Pathway
BSN-to-MSN
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Specialty track
Family Nurse Practitioner
Delivery
Hybrid
Study intensity
Part-time
Duration
Seven semesters (fall, spring, summer) of part-time study
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
48 credits
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Campus
LIU Brooklyn — Brooklyn, NY

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
RN with a BSN
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Postlicensure: for nurses who already hold a license
License requirement
New York State professional RN license and current registration
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Certification preparation
Graduates are eligible for national board certification through ANCC and AANP
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Admissions requirements

Prior degree
Graduation from a baccalaureate nursing program accredited by CCNE, ACEN or NLN CNEA
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 3Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in nursing and 3.0 overall
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
References
Minimum of two professional letters of recommendation
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Prerequisite courses
Prior college-level statistics, nursing research and health assessment courses
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
TOEFL iBT
Required — published minimum 79International students; minimum 79 internet-based with listening 22; IELTS 6.5 also acceptable
Source: liu.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: $39,458
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $39,458
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $2,184
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $24,336
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $24,336
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

  • Rolling

    Fall and Spring

    Source: liu.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
624 clinical hours (540 class hours, 48 credits)
Source: liu.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.

Nursing program accreditation

  • CCNE— Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

    Master's (MSN) · Harriet Rothkopt Heilbrunn School of Nursing, Brooklyn, NY

    Initial: September 22, 2000 · Most recent: March 18, 2020 · Term expires: December 31, 2030 · Next review: Spring 2030

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

State board of nursing approval

  • NYSED— New York State Board of Regents

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Accredited by the New York State Board of Regents

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 rateLIU Brooklyn201983%Family Nurse Practitioner certification pass rate for students who graduated in 2019
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (NY) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. liu.edu/brooklyn/academics/harriet-rothkopf-heilbrunn-school-of-nursing/academic-programs — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. liu.edu/brooklyn/academics/harriet-rothkopf-heilbrunn-school-of-nursing/academic-programs/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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