What does it cost?
Check out our cost calculator or visit student financial services for information on estimated costs.
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 can I take classes?
Atlanta Campus, Online (see details*)
Am I required to take classes at a specific location?
Atlanta Campus
Application Deadlines View Admissions Requirements
The fall early application deadline is February 1 and the late application deadline is April 1.
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program prepares nurse scholars in the areas of research, practice and education. Because the Ph.D. program is a research-based doctorate, there is no clinical practice required for the degree.
The program is designed for master’s — and bachelor’s — prepared nurses. We also invite D.N.P.-prepared nurses to apply to the Ph.D. program. (For D.N.P.-prepared nurses, course credit may be given for previous coursework.)
The Ph.D. degree program in the Georgia State School of Nursing is one of the oldest in the state, beginning in 1986. Our Ph.D. graduates are leaders in nursing science, education, hospital administration and public health.
*The Ph.D. program is available for full-time and part-time study and with coursework primarily online. Students attend a few required on-campus sessions; two days fall and spring semesters. The web-based classes are a combination of real-time (synchronous or live) and on-demand (asynchronous) classes.
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program prepares nurse scholars in the areas of research, practice and education. Because the Ph.D. program is a research-based doctorate, there is no clinical practice required for the degree.
The program is designed for master’s — and bachelor’s — prepared nurses. We also invite D.N.P.-prepared nurses to apply to the Ph.D. program. (For D.N.P.-prepared nurses, course credit may be given for previous coursework.)
The Ph.D. degree program in the Georgia State School of Nursing is one of the oldest in the state, beginning in 1986. Our Ph.D. graduates are leaders in nursing science, education, hospital administration and public health.
*The Ph.D. program is available for full-time and part-time study and with coursework primarily online. Students attend a few required on-campus sessions; two days fall and spring semesters. The web-based classes are a combination of real-time (synchronous or live) and on-demand (asynchronous) classes.
What does it cost?
Check out our cost calculator or visit student financial services for information on estimated costs.
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 can I take classes?
Atlanta Campus, Online (see details*)
Am I required to take classes at a specific location?
Atlanta Campus
Application Deadlines
View Admissions Requirements
The fall early application deadline is February 1 and the late application deadline is April 1.
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, PhD, 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, PhD, 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
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, research faculty and administrative faculty at colleges and universities in Georgia and beyond; health communication specialist at the CDC; vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Trinity Health of New England.
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:
Ph.D. Program Director
Dawn Aycock, Ph.D., R.N.
404-413-1178
daycock@gsu.edu
Office of Academic Assistance
Denisa Reed, Academic Adviser III
404-413-1000
dmreed@gsu.edu
Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3995
Atlanta, GA 30302-3995
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