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MS Family Nurse Practitioner (Post)

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 46-credit part-time FNP master's for RNs with a nursing bachelor's, taken over seven semesters. The Fall 2026 cohort requires 750 practicum hours and courses are delivered in a blended format.

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
46 credits
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Campus
LIU Post — Brookville, 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
Current unencumbered New York State Registered Nurse license
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
Bachelor degree in Nursing required
Source: liu.edu · verified October 6, 2026
References
Minimum of two letters of reference from an Adult or Family NP, MD, or DO
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

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 hours
750 practicum hours for the Fall 2026 cohort (720 for students who began earlier)
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

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (NY) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. liu.edu/post/academics/school-of-nursing/academic-programs/ms-family-nurse-practitioner — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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