MSN NL Overview

Our MSN Nurse Leader program can be completed in five semesters with students taking courses in the spring, summer, and fall semesters. Semesters are fifteen weeks in length. Students have up to six years to complete the program. Most students take 2 fifteen-week courses each semester for 5-9 total credits. Students can take fewer courses, but it will take longer to complete their program.

Yes, students must provide evidence of the equivalent of two years full time experience working as an RN within the past five years.

Tuition for the MSN Nurse Leader is $15,872 for Ohio residents or $16,461 for non-residents. You need to complete 31 credits at $512 per credit for Ohio residents and $531 per credit for non-residents.

Nurse Leader Practicums are usually completed within organizational units of health-care organizations.

It may be possible to transfer up to nine graduate credits

• Criteria for credit transfer:
• Original or copy of official transcript with transfer credit must be attached.
• Credits must have been earned no more than five years from when the transfer request is made.
• Credits must be letter grade B or higher.
• Transfer credits must have been designated as graduate credit, but not used to confer a degree.

In order to determine whether or not a class will transfer to meet course requirements for a graduate program, a syllabus for that class must be submitted.

Our Nurse Leader program requires a minimum 500 practicum hours of leadership experience.