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South University-Savannah Online · College of Nursing & Public Health

Doctor of Nursing Practice

DNPMSN-to-DNPFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Private for-profit

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

Overview

Post-master's online DNP with foundation courses, clinical field experience or practice immersion courses, and a capstone in applied practice.

Credential
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Pathway
MSN-to-DNP
Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Delivery
Online coursework
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Credits
67 credits (51 credit hours for students who have a Nurse Practitioner degree)
Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Campus
Savannah, GA

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
Nurse with a master's degree
Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Postlicensure: for nurses who already hold a license
License requirement
Valid unencumbered single-state or Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact RN license
Source: southuniversity.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
Master of Science in Nursing from an accredited institution
Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 3Cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher on a 4.0 scale
Source: southuniversity.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: $15,732
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $15,732
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $720
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $16,056
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $16,056
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
Minimum of 1000 documented post-baccalaureate clinical hours required to earn the DNP
Source: southuniversity.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

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Accredited

Sources

  1. southuniversity.edu/online/degrees-programs/nursing/nursing-practice-dnp — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  2. southuniversity.edu/online/degrees-programs/nursing/nursing-rn-to-bsn — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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  • Online coursework · Full-time · Part-time
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  • For: RN with a BSN; Nurse with a master's degree
  • Next deadline: December 1, 2026 (Fall 2027)

Not yet verified: length

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