What does it cost?
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How long will it take?
The MS.N.-Ph.D. is 60 credit hours and can be completed in a minimum of three years and the B.S.N.-Ph.D. is 72 credit hours and can be completed in a minimum of four years.
Where will I take classes?
Online
Application Deadlines View Admissions Requirements
The fall early application deadline is February 1 and the late application deadline is April 1.
Moisés Aguayo
Enrollment Coach
404-413-4393
online@gsu.edu
As you work toward your Ph.D. in nursing, you will be setting yourself apart as a nurse scholar and a leader in research, practice and education. You also are becoming part of the solution for the national shortage of nurse researchers and educators.
A doctorate designed for today’s busy healthcare professionals at all career stages:
Our graduates enjoy successful careers and can be found in roles such as:
Michelle Gaddis, Ph.D., MSN-Ed., RN-BC
Instructor, Georgia State University Perimeter College of Nursing
Dissertation Title: Disease Self-Management Capacity, Patient Burden, and Medication Adherence, for African American Adults with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension
Kortney Floyd James, Ph.D., PNP-C, RN
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Clinician’s Scholars Program at the University of California in Los Angeles
Dissertation Title: The Role of Racial Identity on the Mental Health and Functioning of Postpartum Black Mothers
Sharon White, Ph.D., MSN, FNP-BC, NP-C, RN
Clinical Instructor, Clayton State University School of Nursing
Dissertation Title: Palliative Care Referral Behavior among Nurse Practitioners in Hospital Medicine
Congratulations to Jovon Caldwell Taylor for being one of 75 doctoral students across the nation selected for the 2021-2023 cohort of the Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Scholarship Program. Her topic area is psych/mental health, and her interest is substance abuse resilience in African American male survivors of childhood abuse.
Admission requirements in addition to GRE scores, GPA, RN licensure, transcripts and TOEFL (if applicable):
The program requires a minimum of 60 semester hours beyond the master’s degree in nursing and 72 hours beyond the bachelor’s degree in nursing. The credit hours consist of 36 hours of required coursework, 12 hours for an area of concentration (electives) and 12 hours for dissertation proposal and implementation. The 12 additional credit hours for the B.S.N.-Ph.D. program are required courses to enhance student’s research skills.
Upon completion of the program, graduates will be prepared to:
Our Ph.D. graduates are leaders in nursing science, education, hospital administration and public health. Examples of positions held by our graduates include clinical faculty, federally funded research faculty and administrative faculty at colleges and universities in Georgia and beyond, vice president of the Neuroscience Institute at Atrium Health and health communication specialist at the CDC.
Online Programs
Moisés Aguayo
Enrollment Coach
404-413-4393
online@gsu.edu
Admissions and Curriculum Inquiries
Ph.D. Program Director
Dawn Aycock, Ph.D., R.N.
404-413-1178
daycock@gsu.edu
Manager, Graduate Admissions, Retention, & Progression
Denisa Reed
dmreed@gsu.edu
404-413-1000
140 Decatur Street SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
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