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AS OF JANUARY 2025

Frontier Nursing University

Versailles |(859) 251-4700

  • Enrollment over 2,500
  • In-State Tuition & Fees:  $685 per credit hour – DNP and MSN and PGC specialties: Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse-Midwife, and Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Room & Board N/A
  • Student/Faculty Ratio 21:1
  • Receiving Financial Aid 84%
  • 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 SpecialtiesCertified 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 5,000
  • In-State Tuition & Fees:
    • Practical Nursing Program, 4-quarter (Day) Option $22,990/program [Louisville and Pikeville Campuses]
    • Practical Nursing Program, 7-quarter (Evening) Option $22,990/program [Louisville Campus]
    • Associate Degree in Nursing Program, Two-year Option $475/credit hour for nursing courses and $430/credit hour for gen ed courses [Louisville and Hazard Campuses]
    • Associate Degree in Nursing Program, LPN/LVN to ADN Bridge Option $475/credit hour for nursing courses and $430/credit hour for gen ed courses [Louisville and Pikeville Campuses]
    • Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Program, Prelicensure Option $515/credit hour for nursing courses and $430/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 $560/credit hour [Online]
    • Master’s Degree in Nursing Program, Nursing and Healthcare Leadership Option $560/credit hour [Online]
    • Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Executive Leadership Option $750/credit hour [Online]
    • Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Academic Leadership Option $750/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; Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Executive Leadership Option; Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Academic Leadership Option
  • Graduate Programs: Master’s Degree in Nursing Program, Nurse Educator Option; Master’s Degree in Nursing Program, Nursing and Healthcare Leadership Option; Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Executive Leadership Option; Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Academic Leadership Option
 
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