Nursing

Supported Degree Objectives


  • Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
  • Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
  • Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Graduate Certificate
  • Family Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate
  • Nursing Education Graduate Certificate
  • Nurse Executive Graduate Certificate
  • Non Degree

Required Supporting Documents


English Proficiency Requirements


  • This program accepts the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars basic requirements as described on the English Proficiency Requirements page.

Master's Degree Additional Program Requirements


  • Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree:
    • 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)
  • Graduate of an accredited baccalaureate program in nursing
  • Current U.S. RN license
  • Physical Assessment course or equivalent
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement

Doctoral Degree Additional Program Requirements


  • Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree:
    • 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)
  • Graduate of an accredited baccalaureate program in nursing
  • Current U.S. RN license
  • Successful completion of an introductory statistics course taken within the past five years
  • Physical Assessment course
  • Personal Interview
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement

Application Deadlines


  • Fall Spring Summer
    February 1 September 15 No Entry MSN FNP & AGCNS Concentrations
    June 1 November 1 March 1 DNP
    August 2

    December 6

    April 11

    MSN Nurse Education & Nurse Executive Concentrations

Program Contact Information



Name Dell Dumas
Phone 219-989-2847
Email dumasd@pnw.edu
Web Master's Degree
DNP
Address College of Nursing Graduate Program
Attention: Dawn Wasek 
Purdue University Northwest
2200 169th Street
Hammond, IN 46323
USA
Purdue Northwest campus