• On-Campus Component
    Yes
  • Cost
    $1,100.00 per credit (resident and nonresident)
  • Total Credits
    79
  • Credential
    Doctorate Degree
  • Admission GPA
    3.0
  • Application Deadlines
    Application review begins December 2 |Applications verified after December 2 are reviewed on a rolling basis and as such applications can close or shift to waitlist only consideration at any time if enrollment capacity has been reached.
  • Campus
    Twin Cities
  • College
    School of Nursing

This specialty prepares nurses to provide advanced practice care to women throughout their lifespan and encompasses the unique needs, challenges, and life transitions in women’s lives. Students gain expertise in educating women on prevention and health, as well as diagnosing, managing, and treating common and complex prenatal and reproductive health conditions.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the University of Minnesota is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. 

Program Format

The post-baccalaureate option of the DNP program offers a three-year or a four-year program plan option. All DNP students attend a one-week session on campus that includes core courses, enhancement programming, specialty courses, and advisor meetings. Once specialty coursework begins, two additional times per semester for one or two days each time for in-person coursework is required.

Students also complete 1,000 hours at clinical sites arranged by the school.

Online Catalog

International Students

The DNP program at the University of Minnesota does not meet the requirements for eligibility necessary to obtain a F-1 student visa due to the limited face-to-face on-site classes per DNP. We are only able to accept US Citizens or permanent residents.

Career Readiness

Our graduates are prepared to:

  • serve as educators and leaders in women’s health services with a strong focus on patient centered care, health promotion, and disease prevention.
  • serve as providers in women’s health clinics and hospital setting, primary care settings, family planning clinics, infertility clinics, urogynecologic clinics, gynecological oncology clinics, health departments, public health clinics, community clinics, and women’s correctional facilities.
  • develop, implement, and evaluate quality improvement initiatives for women’s health in their practice settings applying evidence-based practice.

Completion of the program specialty and required clinical hours prepares graduates to take the Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner certification exam administered by the National Certification Corporation.