DNP - Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Admissions to the Post-Graduate track are accepted for the spring, summer, and fall semesters. Application deadlines are as follows: Spring – September 15, Summer – February 1 and Fall – March 15.

The deadline for receipt of completed applications is March 15 for fall semester admission.

1. Individuals seeking admission to the DNP Program must meet the following requirements:

   1. Completed application;

   2. Graduate nursing cumulative GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale for the Post-Graduate DNP Program or a (undergraduate and graduate) GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale if applying for the post-baccalaureate DNP;

   3. Previous degree: For Post-Baccalaureate applicants, a BSN is required; Post-Graduate applicants must hold a BSN degree and a master's degree in nursing;

   4. Evidence of an unrestricted/unencumbered nursing license as a registered nurse in the United States or one of its territories and be eligible for licensure in Mississippi. May and December BSN graduates who are applying to the Post-Baccalaureate DNP must successfully complete NCLEX-RN® and be licensed as a RN prior to the program's start date. August BSN graduates must successfully complete NCLEX-RN® and be licensed as a RN during the first semester of the Post-Baccalaureate DNP Program. Once admitted, students must be licensed/privileged as a RN in Mississippi and must maintain a current and unrestricted RN license;

   5. One year of full-time clinical experience as a registered nurse is required for all APRN tracks. For he Acute Care Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner track, the one year of clinical experience must be in critical care/ED;

   6. Completion of at least one research course and one statistics course at the undergraduate or graduate level;

   7. Informal personal statement submitted with application;

   8. Three letters of reference – academic or professional reference letter, or a combination of both;

   9. Curriculum vitae or professional resume;

2. For applicants who earned course work/degrees from institutions outside the United States:

   1. Completion of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for graduates of foreign schools whose academic language was not English. The minimum required score is:

      • TOEFL-Internet Based Test (IBT): 79 or higher

      • TOEFL-Paper Based Test (PBT): 550 or higher

   2. Other documents required by UMMC and local, state, and federal authorities;

   3. Transcripts must be evaluated in a course-by-course report from World Education Services (WES) or the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS).

3. Computer literacy requirement - Fluent use of computers. Applicants should be familiar with the use of basic computing including, but not limited to, the internet, search engines, browsers, instructional computer systems (Canvas), and publicly available research databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Psych, etc.).

4. An interview may be required as a part of the admissions process. Additional information will be provided to applicants when they are invited to interview. 

5. If an applicant has been dismissed from any nursing program, one year must pass from the date of dismissal to the date of eligibility to apply for any UMMC School of Nursing program.

Linda Upchurch, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC
Email: lupchurch@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-1713