Overview

Department of Nursing / Department of Nursing is located in Salt Lake City, UT, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)	Certified nurse midwifery
Doctor of Nursing Practice/Doctor of Philosophy (DNP/PhD)	Family nurse practitioner
Master of Science (MS)	Informatics
Doctor of Nursing Practice/Doctor of Philosophy (DNP/PhD)	Certified nurse midwifery
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)	Women's health
Doctor of Nursing Practice/Doctor of Philosophy (DNP/PhD)	WomenÔÇÖs health nurse practitioner
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)	Post-ms to dnp
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)	Family primary care
Doctor of Nursing Practice/Doctor of Philosophy (DNP/PhD)	Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner
Master of Science (MS)	Care management
Master of Science (MS)	Nursing education
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)	Acute care
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)	Adult/gerontology primary care
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)	Neonatal
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)	Pediatric primary care
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)	Psychiatric/mental health

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	16
Doctoral Degrees	100

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE (PhD only) Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Required for some

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

287

Applied

155

Accepted

126

Enrolled

Applying

55

Application Fee - Domestic

65

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 1st	December 1st	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE (PhD only)

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL IBT score: 80
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	January 20
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Traineership Graduate Assistantships Federal Work-Study Financial support for part-time students

Student Body

377

Total Graduate Students

1%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	6.9%
Black or African American	1.33%
White or Caucasian	80%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	3.98%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.8%
Two or more races	3.45%
Unknown	1.33%

Gender

Male (20%)

Female (79%)

Faculty

58

Total faculty

Full-time - 49

Part-time - 9

Male (4)

Female (54)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

Family caregiving across the lifespan; technology-assisted interventions for individuals across the lifespan; patient safety and preventing hospital-acquired conditions; information systems to facilitate communication of information and improve patient outcomes; education-focused research including efforts to support workforce diversity to meet the needs of underserved population and the use of simulation-based learning

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

3,536,266

Location & Contact

Address 10 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, UT  84112
United States

Contact Dr. Barbara Wilson PhD
Interim Dean, Associate Dean of Academic Programs
Email: barbara.wilson@nurs.utah.edu
Phone: 801-581-8262
Fax: 801-581-4642

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