Earn Your Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Degree at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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Achieve the highest level of nursing with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Focus on organization and systems leadership in this strategic two-year (24-month) online doctoral program. Prepare to deliver innovative direct care, explore opportunities for quality improvement, enhance diverse patient outcomes, and drive policy change.
Choose from doctoral-level courses within the School of Nursing or from a variety of post-graduate programs including healthcare business, public health, health informatics, and acupuncture. Elective courses include regulatory affairs and health policy, global healthcare management, public health, and pain management. Start the program in the fall.
Why earn a DNP from MCPHS?
- An extraordinary range of opportunities: Customize your degree and diversify your skills by completing electives in areas such as healthcare business and acupuncture.
- Built for Professionals: Graduate nursing programs at MCPHS are exclusively online and part-time, allowing students to continue working as they build on their education.
- Interprofessional Practice: As the most comprehensive healthcare university in the nation, students and faculty across healthcare disciplines share their knowledge and perspectives to provide advanced levels of care.
- Prepare for real-world impact: Leverage your expertise to implement improvements in healthcare practice, health promotion, disease prevention, community outreach, and policy analysis.
Note: MCPHS accepts nursing students into its programs from the following states:
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia.
$52-72K
Median SalaryEarly career life sciences salaries reflect competitive bachelor’s-level wages across key research and industry roles. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
30,000+
Annual Job OpeningsAcross early-career life sciences roles such as biological technicians and clinical laboratory technologists. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
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In The Country For ROIA Georgetown University study ranked MCPHS third in the U.S. among 4,600 colleges for return on investment (ROI).
Values driven. Outcome oriented.
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