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DNP - Systems Leadership

DNPMSN-to-DNPFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Private nonprofit

Award: Doctor of Nursing Practice (Systems Leadership)

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

Overview

A part-time, fully online 15-month post-master's DNP culminating in a DNP scholarly project that may be completed at the student's workplace.

Credential
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Pathway
MSN-to-DNP
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Delivery
Online coursework
Study intensity
Part-time
Duration
15 months
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
Not verified
Campus
Claire M. Fagin Hall — Philadelphia, PA

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
Nurse with a master's degree
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Postlicensure: for nurses who already hold a license
License requirement
RN required; APRN if applicable
Source: nursing.upenn.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
MSN or a master's degree in a nursing field with a GPA of 3.2 or higher
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 3.2GPA of 3.2 or higher
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Prerequisite courses
Statistics (grade C or higher) and research methods or evidence-based practice course (grade B or higher)
Source: nursing.upenn.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: $58,620
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $58,620
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $7,484
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $41,544
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $41,544
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

Start terms: Summer Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026

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

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

    Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) (DNP) · School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA

    Initial: March 18, 2020 · Most recent: September 27, 2023 · Term expires: June 30, 2034 · Next review: Fall 2033

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

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (PA) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. nursing.upenn.edu/dnp-systems-leadership/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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