2019 Most Affordable Online Colleges for DNP Programs
With tuition rates averaging $10,228 per year, these 24 schools offer the most affordable online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs. Fort Hays State University and University of Missouri lead the pack, with tuition rates of $6,000 and $6,602, respectively. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, ranked #23 with an annual tuition of $13,080, offers 10 different DNP program options including neonatal care and adult-gerontology care.
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- Annual Tuition: $6,000
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,613
- Example Classes:
Epidemiology in Public Health; Evaluation and Management in Health Care Systems; Evidence Based Practice and Scholarly Tools; Healthcare: Policy/Politics/Organization/Cost
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $6,602
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 7,362
- Example Classes:
Family Dynamics & Interventions; Health Disparities of Rural & Other Underserved Populations; Newborn through Adolescence Primary Care Outcomes; Nursing & Health Policy; Public Health & Sociocultural Issues; Reproductive and Sexual Health Primary Care
Online Doctoral Degrees (6)
- Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Post-Baccalaureate - Doctor of Nursing Practice - F...
- Post-Master's - Doctor of Nursing Practice - Adult ...
- Post-Master's - Doctor of Nursing Practice - Nursin...
- Post-Master’s - Doctor of Nursing Practice - Pediat...
- Post-MSN without APRN - Doctor of Nursing Practice ...
- Annual Tuition: $7,076
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 821
- Example Classes:
Advanced Pharmacology; Advanced Theoretical Issues in Nursing & Ethics; Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care; Informatics in Clinical Practice; Role Synthesis; Scholarly Project Development
- Annual Tuition: $7,125
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 987
- Example Classes:
BioStatistics; Clinical Prevention and Population Health; Global Healthcare Advocacy and Transformation; Healthcare Policy: Analysis, Advocacy, and Transformation; Organizational Theory and Systems Leadership; Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
- Annual Tuition: $7,416
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,961
- Example Classes:
Advanced Experiential Clinical; Clinical Data Management and Analysis; Health Policy and Politics: Implications in Health Care; Informatics for Advanced Practice Nursing; Interdisciplinary Leadership and Role Development for Practice Excellence; Philosophical, Theoretical, and Conceptual Foundations for Advanced Practice Nursing
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $7,475
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NECHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,000
- Example Classes:
Health Economics/Finance; Health Systems Leadership; Introduction to Biostatistics: Biostatistics I; Principles of Epidemiology
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,100
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC and ACCET
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,588
- Example Classes:
Analytical Methods for Evidence Based Practice; Healthcare Economics and Finance; Informatics in Healthcare Delivery; Public Health Policy
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,723
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,940
- Example Classes:
Advanced Health Care Policy, Ethics and Law; Business, Finance and Entrepreneurship for Advanced Practice Nursing; Inferential Statistics; Organizational System Leadership and Quality Improvement; Population Based Health Care for Improving the Nation’s Health; Theoretical Foundations of Reflective Practice
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $9,480
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 6,454
- Example Classes:
Bioethics for Advanced Nursing Practice; Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing Practice; Healthcare Economics and the Business of Practice; Politics and Policy in the Healthcare System; Quality Improvement in Healthcare
- Annual Tuition: $10,200
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 613
- Example Classes:
Advanced Biomedical Ethics and Healthcare Policy Development; Analytical Methods and the Scholarship of Inquiry; Epidemiology, Health Promotion and Illness Prevention for Diverse Populations; Evidence Based Practice Theory and Role; Financial Management and Grant Writing; Leadership, Systems Management, and Inter-professional Collaborative Practice
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $10,420
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,019
- Example Classes:
Advanced Clinical IV (Psychology/Mental Health); Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology; Diagnostic Reasoning; Ethics, Law and Policy; Health Care Informatics; Vulnerability and Health Care in Diverse Communities
- Annual Tuition: $10,500
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,668
- Example Classes:
Advanced Principles of Population Health Nursing; Designing Models of Health Care Delivery; Financial Strategies for Nurse Leaders; Healthcare Technology, Information Systems, and Quality; Leadership for Organizations, Systems, and Populations; Quality Improvement and Evaluation Methodology
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $10,692
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,682
- Example Classes:
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Neonatal and AC Pediatric NP; Healthcare Policy and Finance; Neonatal NP; Nursing in Community Systems; Organizational & Systems Leadership; Physio-pathological Basis of Advanced Nursing
Online Doctoral Degrees (12)
- DNP in Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practi...
- DNP in Adult-Gerontological Clinical Nurse Speciali...
- DNP in Adult-Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Prac...
- DNP in Dual Role: Family NP/Adult-Gerontological Ac...
- DNP in Executive Nurse Administrator (BSN to DNP)
- DNP in Family Nurse Practitioner (BSN to DNP)
- DNP in Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (BSN t...
- DNP in Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (BSN to DNP)
- DNP in Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (BSN...
- DNP in Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (B...
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- Annual Tuition: $10,875
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,341
- Example Classes:
Advanced Care of the Individual and Family; Advanced Evaluation Strategies in Nursing Education; Advanced Topics in Population Health; Clinical Teaching Strategies in Nursing; Leading Nursing in Healthcare Systems; Principles of Adult Learning in Nursing Education
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $11,250
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NECHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 6,664
- Example Classes:
Application of Social and Behavioral Theories in Public Health; Contemporary Issues in Public Health Practice; Financial Management of Health Institutions; Health Disparities and Social Justice; Introduction to US Health Care System; Principles of Epidemiology
- Annual Tuition: $11,570
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,125
- Example Classes:
Advanced Pathophysiology; Economic Markets; Competition and Monopoly; Ethics in Advanced Practice Nursing; Health Promotion in Populations; Planning, Decision-Making and Performance Measurement; Principles of FNP Practice I – Acute/Chronic
- Annual Tuition: $11,700
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,244
- Example Classes:
Advanced Quantitative and Qualitative Research; Diversity and Social Justice Issues in a Global Society; Healthcare Finance and Practice Management; Information Management in Advanced Practice; Professional and Organizational Communication; Translational Research Scholarly Initiative: Completion and Dissemination
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,180
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,545
- Example Classes:
Advanced Therapeutics; Clinical Issues in Genetics and Genomics; Clinical Leadership and Interprofessional Collaboration; Patient Safety and Health Care Outcomes; Professional Ethics; Public Policy Initiatives: Local to Global
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,574
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,396
- Example Classes:
Advanced Financial and Resource Management for Health Care Systems; Applied Data Management and Analysis; Changing Health Care Systems: Quality Science and Management; Financial and Resource Management of Health Systems
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,675
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NECHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,331
- Example Classes:
Health Care Quality; Health Policy & Finance; Organizational Behavior; Organizations, Leadership & Environments; Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement & Design; Technology & Health Care
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,880
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,609
- Example Classes:
Biostatistics; Ethics in Nursing; Philosophy of Science; Principles of Epidemiology; Research in Nursing; Theory and Concept Analysis in Nursing
- Annual Tuition: $13,000
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,422
- Example Classes:
Advanced Management of Pediatric Client and Practicum; Diagnostic Tests and Interpretations and Procedures; Ethics Studies for Advanced Nursing Practice; Evaluating Evidence for Improving Practice; Health Policy and Finance; Organizational and Systems Leadership in Health Care
Online Doctoral Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $13,080
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 9,541
- Example Classes:
Curriculum, Instruction and Evaluation in Nurse Anesthesia Education; Data Analytics and Clinical Systems Design; Evidence Based Management & Quality Improvement; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Culturally Diverse Populations; Introduction to Genetics and Molecular Therapeutics; Leadership in Complex Systems
Online Doctoral Degrees (10)
- Doctor of Nursing Practice (MSN to DNP)
- Doctor of Nursing Practice - Adult Gerontology Clin...
- Doctor of Nursing Practice - Adult-Gerontology Acut...
- Doctor of Nursing Practice - Adult-Gerontology Prim...
- Doctor of Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitio...
- Doctor of Nursing Practice - Neonatal Nurse Practit...
- Doctor of Nursing Practice - Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA...
- Doctor of Nursing Practice - Pediatric Primary Care...
- Doctor of Nursing Practice - Psychiatric Mental Hea...
- Post-Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice, Clinical ...
- Annual Tuition: $13,872
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,561
- Example Classes:
Leadership in Health Care: Organizational Innovations; Lifespan Health Assessment; Outcomes Research; Rural Health; Theories of Human Development Across the Lifespan; Women's Reproductive Health Across the Lifespan
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