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University of Pennsylvania · Penn Nursing (University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing)

MSN - Family Nurse Practitioner

MSNFNPFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Private nonprofit

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 hybrid MSN FNP track in which many lectures are online or hybrid and clinical placements are in person; clinical experiences cover pediatric, adult and older adult, and women's and gender-related health populations.

Credential
Master's degree in nursing
Pathway
BSN-to-MSN
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Specialty track
Family Nurse Practitioner
Delivery
Hybrid
Study intensity
Full-time, Part-time
Duration
Full-time 4 semesters; part-time 6 or 7 semesters
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
Not verified
Campus
Claire M. Fagin Hall — Philadelphia, PA

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
RN with a BSN
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Postlicensure: for nurses who already hold a license
License requirement
RN licensure
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Certification preparation
Graduates are eligible to apply for national certification for their specialty
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Admissions requirements

Prior degree
BSN degree
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 3GPA of 3.0 or higher
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Prerequisite courses
College-level statistics course
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Other requirement
International applicants are no longer considered for MSN programs because parts of the curriculum are online or hybrid
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: Fall, Spring 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 placements
Penn Nursing faculty find the site and match an approved clinical location and preceptor
Source: nursing.upenn.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

    Master's (MSN) · School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA

    Initial: April 21, 2004 · Most recent: September 27, 2023 · Term expires: June 30, 2034 · Next review: Fall 2033

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

State board of nursing approval

  • BON— Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Approved

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 rate2024100%Family NP certification first-time pass rate, Class of 2024 (2022/2023/2024: 94%, 100%, 100%)
Source: nursing.upenn.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (PA) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. nursing.upenn.edu/about/accreditation/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. nursing.upenn.edu/family-nurse-practitioner/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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  • For: RN with a BSN
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