Admission Criteria

• B.S.N. from a NLNAC or CCNE accredited college/university-based program or from a B.S.N. program comparable to the UMKC School of Nursing B.S.N. program.
• Current licensure as a registered nurse in the United States and eligibility for licensure in Missouri. If applying to the adult or family nurse practitioner program option, must be eligible for licensure in both Missouri and Kansas.
• Minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA (4.0 scale).
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner applicants must have at least one year of full-time equivalent clinical practice in the area of clinical specialization within the three years prior to admission to the graduate program to be eligible to be admitted in the specified program option.
• Neonatal nurse practitioner applicants are required to have the equivalent of two years full-time recent (within the past five years) RN practice experience in the area of the critically ill newborn infants (a minimum of one year in Level III NICU) prior to beginning the clinical courses. Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification is required. Students must reside in the continental United States or Canada.
• Completion of supplemental admission requirements.