Nursing & Health Sciences Graduate Programs

‌Today's nurses must be knowledgeable and analytical, caring and creative.‌

They are key members, and often the leaders, of teams of healthcare professionals. UMass Dartmouth's College of Nursing & Health Sciences provides the comprehensive education, both theoretical and practical, needed in this challenging and rewarding profession.

The College of Nursing & Health Sciences offers the only advanced degree nursing programs in Southeastern Massachusetts.

Graduate programs

• Master of Science in Nursing: Online Program
• Doctor of Nursing Practice Online
• PhD in Nursing
• Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Online
• Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study: Adult Gerontology Primary Care Online
• Post-Master's Certificate: Nursing and Healthcare Education Online

Information sessions

• DNP information sessions
• PhD information sessions

Program plans

• BS-PhD program plans
• MS-PhD program plans
• DNP program plans
• CAGS Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner plan of study

Nurse Faculty Loan Program

• The Nurse Faculty Loan Program is for graduate nursing students enrolled in either the MS, DNP, or PhD program who plan to become nurse educators.

More information

• Student Handbooks
• Student Publications
• Research