Graduate Nursing at TCU
Advance your education.
TCU Nursing prepares you for clinical leadership positions in a variety of health care, business, government and educational settings.
No GRE Required
Choose Your Path
Select from a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a focus on nursing education, one of our 100% online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) options, or our DNP-to-Ph.D. in Nursing bridge program focused on educating the next generation of nurses and advancing nursing research.
Upon completion, you will be able to:
- Apply interdisciplinary knowledge to improve health care systems.
- Utilize systems thinking, technology and innovation for implementing and evaluating health care delivery and outcomes.
- Analyze policies that address financing, resource management, health outcomes and equity in health care.
- Collaborate across professions and communities in leading team-based, person-centered care.
- Develop a professional identity that fosters career-long learning, well-being and resilience.
Nurse Educator
Pay it forward by educating the next generation of nurses. Learn the scholarship of teaching, discovery, application and integration in a variety of settings – 100% online.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Provide health care to people of all ages in a variety of health care settings while also maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Treat chronic, acute or critical illnesses in adults and the elderly. You’ll develop skills through doctoral-level training and prepare for a career in high-demand.
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Become part of the solution for a national health care crisis. Learn how to provide comprehensive primary mental health care across the lifespan in a variety of settings.
Executive Nurse Leadership & Practice DNP
Prepare to become a health care leader and advanced nursing expert on your schedule through our 100% online program.
DNP-to-Ph.D. in Nursing
Build on your clinical experience and gain the skills necessary to educate the next generation of nurses and develop a strong foundation to advance research in multiple health care settings.
Post-graduate Certificates
Our post-graduate certificate programs further enhance your expertise.
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Financial Aid & Tuition
A graduate nursing degree from TCU Nursing is an investment in your future, but you don’t have to make it alone.
Application Deadlines
| Program | Program Start | Application Opens | Application Deadline |
| Executive Nurse & Leadership DNP (PM-DNP) | Spring admission | May 1 | October 30 |
| BSN to DNP AGACNP | Spring admission | May 1 | October 30 |
| Fall admission | January 1 | June 1 | |
| BSN to DNP FNP | Spring admission | May 1 | October 30 |
| Fall admission | January 1 | June 1 | |
| BSN to DNP PMHNP | Spring admission | May 1 | October 30 |
| Fall admission | January 1 | June 1 | |
| MSN | Spring admission | May 1 | October 30 |
| Fall admission | January 1 | June 1 |
A special note about online courses for prospective distance learning students who will not reside in Texas: The United States Department of Education (USDOE) published regulations in the Federal Register (Chapter 34, § 600.9(c)) that require all institutions of higher education to seek authorization in every state (and territory) in which they operate, physically or virtually, in order to maintain eligibility for federal financial aid. View TCU’s authorization status by state.
TCU can only accept students from states in which it is registered (shown in purple on the state-authorization map).
Licensure Disclosure
Enrollment into a program does not guarantee licensure or certification. Each state has its own rules and regulations related to professional licensure requirements which can be changed at any time based on state discretion. The student is responsible for staying up to date on state licensure requirements.
For states where TCU has presently enrolled students, and for states where prospective students have inquired, TCU has contacted state licensing authorities to confirm that the program meets the educational requirements leading to professional licensure. Other licensure requirements may include professional certification exams, background checks, years of work experience, fingerprinting, etc.