Our Master of Science in Nursing Entry-into-Nursing program allows you to enter the nursing profession at the master’s level. It is specifically designed for those who are driven to change health care and improve patient outcomes. It also positions you perfectly for your next career move.
Through our two-year, direct entry-into-nursing master's program, you'll gain the knowledge and skills to:
It’s not just caring for others: This program will teach you to engage in self-care practices, incorporating self-reflection and feedback from others, to promote personal and professional resilience and well-being.
Our highly motivated students join us from a variety of fields. From fine art majors to public health graduates, former geologists to psychologists, this master's option attracts those with a common goal: the desire to become nurses and change health care for the better.
We are flexible, so you can be, too:
Flexible Course Scheduling
Choose your plan of study (5- and 6- semester options) depending on whether you want to finish faster or you have other responsibilities, such as work or family. The 5-semester plan is accelerated and requires approximately 60 hours a week for class, lab, clinical and study time. The 6- semester plan provide more flexibility if you need to work or have other responsibilities.
The chart below shows the timelines.
Flexible Next Steps
This program offers pathways to a doctorate, a certificate, a nursing specialty, or deeper exploration of a variety of topics. Some of the pathways allow you to take courses you can apply toward a future degree or certificate.
If you want:
Our graduates leverage their former life experience and nursing master's degree to pursue a variety of health care careers with roles that include:
Some have also gone on to start their own businesses.
If you wish to pursue a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) at UMSON, there is no need to repeat coursework you've already completed for your master's degree. You can save up to 9 credits over the traditional entry-into-practice path to the DNP and up to 12 credits if you choose to take a third elective. Your personalized plan of study will be determined at the time of admission to the DNP program.
This program’s curriculum is aligned with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education, which focus on competency-based education (CBE). CBE is a student-centered approach that is built on the science of how we learn and provides multiple opportunities for you to demonstrate and use what you are learning as you learn it.
For current students or alumni of UMSON’s Clinical Nurse Leader option who may need to reference previous plans of study for that program, you can do so in this PDF .
