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Master of Science in Nursing – Nurse Educator

MSNNurse EducatorFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Private for-profit

Award: Master of Science in Nursing

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

Overview

A Caring Science based MSN preparing nurses to design curriculum and teaching plans and to teach in acute care, long-term care, academic and community settings, with teaching mentors or preceptors.

Credential
Master's degree in nursing
Pathway
BSN-to-MSN
Source: usuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Specialty track
Nursing Education
Delivery
Online coursework
Study intensity
Part-time
Duration
24 months; an accelerated pathway can be completed within 12 months
Source: usuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
30 credits (catalog tuition table)
Source: usuniversity.smartcatalogiq.com · verified October 6, 2026
Campus
Online — CA

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
RN with a BSN
Source: usuniversity.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

Prior degree
Official transcripts from the bachelor's degree-awarding institution
Source: usuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 2.5Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.5 or higher or program-specific admission requirements
Source: usuniversity.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.
Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $6,467
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $6,467
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $600
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $5,112
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $5,112
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 placements
Opportunities to work with teaching mentors or preceptors
Source: usuniversity.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

    Scope as stated by the source

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

Sources

  1. usuniversity.smartcatalogiq.com/en/current/general-catalog/payment-policies/tuition-and-fe — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026
  2. usuniversity.edu/about/accreditation — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. usuniversity.edu/degrees/master-of-science-in-nursing-nurse-educator — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  4. usuniversity.edu/prospective-students/graduate — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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