Seattle University College of Nursing is dedicated to preparing values-based, compassionate professionals who will serve the health care needs of our community, especially the frail, vulnerable and underserved.
We embrace the Jesuit tradition of developing the whole person and focus on the connections between the practical, academic, spiritual, and humane needs of people. Since its establishment in 1935, the college has graduated nurses and nurse leaders who are held in high regard by their communities, employers and professional colleagues.
Our graduates live our vision of movement toward service and creating a more just, humane world.
Non-nurses can earn their clinical doctorate in four years. RNs with a bachelor's degree can earn their DNP in three years. RNs with a master's degree can earn their DNP in two and a half years.
Become an Acute or Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.
All applicants interested in pursuing a graduate nursing degree at Seattle University College of Nursing apply to the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program.
Seattle University College of Nursing is one of the oldest nursing programs in the state of Washington. The college has a long history of outstanding baccalaureate education and is steeped in its Jesuit tradition of community outreach and service.
For 85 years, we have been educating and inspiring leaders to transform health care for a just and humane world.
The college provides students with the critical thinking tools and educational preparation needed for professional practice and care for individuals, families and communities through regional, national and global engagement.
The Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Ultrasound program of study prepares students for the profession of diagnostic medical sonography. Founded on a concentration in basic sciences, the program affords simultaneous opportunities for receiving a liberal arts education, as well as didactic and practical exposure to a range of ultrasound specialties.
In their senior year, students spend 12 full months gaining essential hands-on experience during a supervised clinical internship.
The program offers a Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Ultrasound and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Diagnostic Ultrasound with either a cardiac/vascular sonography or general/vascular sonography focus.
The College of Nursing continues to be committed to the success of our nursing and diagnostic ultrasound students. Visit our resource page for current and future students to get the latest updates and information.
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing/Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post-graduate APRN certificate program at Seattle University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education www.ccneaccreditation.org
The nurse-midwifery education program at the Seattle University College of Nursing in Seattle, WA is scheduled to be reviewed by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME) Board of Review (BOR) for continuing accreditation in August 2021. Please email any written third-party comments to acme@acnm.org or mail to ACME at 8403 Colesville Rd., Suite 1230, Silver Spring, MD, 20910-6374; Tel: 240-485-1803, acme@acnm.org; www.midwife.org/acme by August 20, 2021. In all instances, your comments must directly relate to the continuing accreditation of this program and the ACME Criteria for Programmatic Accreditation (Revised 12/2020). Please cite the particular criterion of concern in your comments. The criteria can be found online at Criteria for Programmatic Accreditation.