General Admission Requirements and Program of Study

General Admission Requirements

The College of Nursing has submitted a substantive change request to the Washington Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission to merge the FNP and AGNP programs.

• Complete graduate application form.
• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in course work from all post-secondary educational institutions attended in the last 90 quarter/60 semester credits of the bachelor’s degree, including any transfer credits earned during this time, and any post-baccalaureate course work. Individuals who have less than a 3.0 GPA may be considered, given evidence of other accomplishments.
• Professional résumé specifying education and work experience. Two years of work experience preferred.
• Two letters of recommendation (at least one from an academic source) that speak to the applicant's potential for success in a doctoral-level advanced practice nursing program.
• Applicants for whom English is a non-native language must demonstrate English proficiency regardless of English language studies, residence in the United States or an English-speaking country, or immigration status. Graduate applicants with a baccalaureate or higher degrees from recognized colleges in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand or Australia and who have continued to reside in countries where English is the primary language for at least two years prior to applying to Seattle University will have this requirement waived. English proficiency may be met with an official TOEFL score of 92 (IBT), or 580 (PBT); the IELTS exam with a minimum score of 7.0; PTE score of 62.
• Letter of intent describing the applicant’s motivation for applying to this program, reason for choosing nursing, reason for choosing the specific Advanced Practice role for which they are applying, reason for choosing a DNP program, and the reason for applying to Seattle University.
• Select applicants to be invited for an interview.

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Sample Program of Study

The College of Nursing has submitted a substantive change request to the Washington Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission to merge the FNP and AGNP programs.

The AGNP sample program of study is for students entering the DNP program Summer 2022 with an RN and all Advanced Practice Nursing Immersion (APNI) students who have successfully completed pre-licensure year one.

 View the AGNP Program of Study

Visit the the APNI home page for more information about year one for non-nurses.