Important Dates
Fall 2024 Admission
- Application Opens: September 1, 2023
- Application Deadline: June 15, 2024
- Admission Decision Notification: Rolling
Applying to the School of Nursing
The DNP Program has a two-part application process:
- The NursingCAS Application ($70 fee)
- VCU Supplemental Information Application ($70 fee)
Application Checklist
- Create and complete the NursingCAS Application
- Complete the VCU Supplemental Information Application (instructions located in NursingCAS)
- Submit a full-nonrefundable payment for the NursingCAS and VCU Supplemental Information Application
- Regularly monitor your email to follow up on issues such as transcripts and reference delays
- No GRE Required
Required Documents (instructions located in NursingCAS)
- All documents must be submitted to NursingCAS
- Official Transcripts (must include all colleges or universities previously attended)
- Three (3) Letters of Recommendation
- Personal Statement Essays
- Resume or a Curriculum Vitae
- RN License
- TOEFL/IELTS Test Score (if applicable)
VCU’s DNP program offers two points of entry:
B.S. to DNP: Bachelor’s prepared registered nurses can apply to this pathway to become either a nurse practitioner or a nurse executive. All of the following concentrations offer either a full-time or part-time plan of study:
- Nursing Leadership and Organizational Science (online)
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Master’s to DNP: Advance practiced registered nurses or nurse practitioners who hold a master’s degree can apply to this pathway to earn a clinical practice doctorate. This pathway offers a Quality and Safety concentration as either a full-time or part-time plan of study. Master's Direct Entry and Master's Entry to Nursing Practice degree holders should apply to the B.S. to DNP program.