Advanced patient care with a focus on innovation.
Master of Science in Nursing
Northeastern University's Master of Science in Nursing program prepares you to expand your capabilities, increase your earnings potential, and positively impact patient care in a field that faces a shortage of qualified professionals.
Nurse practitioners have become the most sought-after medical personnel, surpassing physicians. The program allows you to specialize your nursing career with a choice of three in-demand program options:
1. Master of Science in Nursing (Online)
Flexibly earn your advanced nursing degree online with part- and full-time options. Choose from four distinct concentrations:
- Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
2. Master of Science in Nursing—Direct Entry
Leverage your current degree and experience into bachelor's and master’s degrees—becoming an advanced practice nurse in your chosen specialization.
3. Master of Science in Nursing Leadership
Gain the knowledge, skills, and experience to join the next generation of nurse leaders. Choose from three future-focused concentrations:
- Clinical Nurse Education
- Nurse Executive
- Patient Safety
All of our master's options allow you to:
- Qualify for advanced roles and increase your earning potential.
- Train to practice autonomously.
- Prepare to work for an established organization or start your own private practice.
- Earn prescriptive authority in most states.
- Gain a holistic approach to creating patient-centered change.
- Make a difference by improving patient care and healthcare access.
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“When I think about successful online learning, I think about that moment when the participants suspend their disbelief. They begin to feel that they are truly present in the group and become fully engaged in the class activity. That's when I know that we have truly created an engaged online learning community. The technology falls away and that sense of presence takes over.”
- Mary Lynn Fahey, DNP, MSN, APRN, Program Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program
Explore our in-demand nursing concentrations
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
The primary goal of the online FNP program is to educate experienced nurses to provide evidence-based, culturally and linguistically competent, ethical primary healthcare to individuals and families in a variety of healthcare settings. Graduates become nurse clinicians, educators, scholars, researchers, and lifelong learners.
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About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.