AS OF JANUARY 2024

Frontier Nursing University

Versailles |(859) 251-4700

• Enrollment over 2,500
• $636 per credit hour
• Room & Board N/A
• Student/Faculty Ratio 21:1
• Receiving Financial Aid 85%
• Featured Online Programs: Frontier Nursing University is committed to providing education via distance learning, allowing students to remain in their communities during their graduate education. Students are required to attend 1-2 brief on-campus sessions that include a three-day initial orientation session and an advanced skill-building session prior to starting clinical experience.  Students complete all other coursework and their clinical experience in their home communities. FNU offers entry options for registered nurses with either a bachelor’s degree in nursing or a bachelor’s in another field.  FNU also offers Post-Graduate Certificate options for those who are already certified as a nurse-midwife or nurse practitioner.  Community-based distance education degree programs offered include Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice, and Post-Graduate Certificate.  Specialties offered include nurse-midwife, family nurse practitioner, women’s healthcare nurse practitioner, and psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner.
• Graduate Nursing Specialties: Certified Nurse-Midwife, Family Nurse Practitioner, Women’s Healthcare Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
• Distance Education Options: Doctor of Nursing Practice, Master of Science in Nursing, Post-Graduate Certificate
• Graduate Programs: All programs at FNU are graduate or post-graduate programs.

Galen College of Nursing
Louisville, Hazard and Pikeville | (877) 223-7040

• Enrollment under 4,750
• In-State Tuition & Fees:
  • • Practical Nursing Program, 4-quarter (Day) Option $22,290/program [Louisville and Pikeville Campuses]
    • Practical Nursing Program, 7-quarter (Evening) Option $22,290/program [Louisville Campus]
    • Associate Degree in Nursing Program, Two-year Option $460/credit hour for nursing courses and $425/credit hour for gen ed courses [Louisville and Hazard Campuses]
    • Associate Degree in Nursing Program, LPN/LVN to ADN Bridge Option $460/credit hour for nursing courses and $425/credit hour for gen ed courses [Louisville and Pikeville Campuses]
    • Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Program, Prelicensure Option $500/credit hour for nursing courses and $425/credit hour for gen ed courses [Louisville Campus]
    • Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Program, RN to BSN Option $424/credit hour [Online]
    • Master’s Degree in Nursing Program, Nurse Educator Option $545/credit hour [Online]
    • Master’s Degree in Nursing Program, Nursing and Healthcare Leadership Option $545/credit hour [Online]

• Room and Board N/A
• Student/Faculty Ratio 19:1
• Receiving financial aid approximately 85%
• Featured Online Programs:
• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Program, RN to BSN Option; Master’s Degree in Nursing Program, Nurse Educator Option; Master’s Degree in Nursing Program, Nursing and Healthcare Leadership Option
• Graduate Programs: Master’s Degree in Nursing Program, Nurse Educator Option; Master’s Degree in Nursing Program, Nursing and Healthcare Leadership Option

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