Affordable options to level up your nursing career with Boston's only public research university.
Whether you're looking to advance your career in clinical nursing or become a nurse educator, UMass Boston has online graduate programs that make it easy for you to balance work, life, and education. Join a diverse group of peers and learn from experienced practitioners with a focus on health equity and your future success.
- Options. Choose from three programs: Nursing MS, Nursing Post-Master's Certificate (PMC), and Nurse Educator Certificate.
- Flexibility. Courses are designed for working professionals, with self-paced online modules and few, if any, mandatory live sessions.
- Value. Online tuition rates are among the lowest in the field. UMass Boston is roughly half the cost of private grad school.
- Connections. Take advantage of our affiliations with more than 200 healthcare organizations to network and gain essential clinical experience.
Whether you're looking to advance your career in clinical nursing or become a nurse educator, UMass Boston has online graduate programs that make it easy for you to balance work, life, and education. Join a diverse group of peers and learn from experienced practitioners with a focus on health equity and your future success.
- Options. Choose from three programs: Nursing MS, Nursing Post-Master's Certificate (PMC), and Nurse Educator Certificate.
- Flexibility. Courses are designed for working professionals, with self-paced online modules and few, if any, mandatory live sessions.
- Value. Online tuition rates are among the lowest in the field. UMass Boston is roughly half the cost of private grad school.
- Connections. Take advantage of our affiliations with more than 200 healthcare organizations to network and gain essential clinical experience.
Explore Nursing Programs
Nursing MS
- Specialize in family nursing (working with patients of all ages) or adult-gerontological nursing (working with patients ages 13 and older)
- Median salary for nurses with a master's degree is $130,000
- All courses are online with one in-person lab in our state-of-the-art facility in which you'll learn from simulated clinical experiences
Nursing Post-Master's Certificate
- Designed for nurses with a master's degree in nursing who want to expand their practice or add a new specialization
- 12 credit program - courses can be completed in as few as 1 semester
- 21 credit program - courses can be completed in as few as 3 semesters
- Add a specialization as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
- Take courses online, complete clinical hours in your home state*
*Program not available in the following states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, KS, KY, LA, NC, ND, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, TN, TX (on a case-by-case basis), VA, WA, WV, and WY
Nurse Educator Certificate
- Program prepares you for educator roles in academic, clinical education, or nursing practice settings
- Complete the program entirely online in one year
- Become eligible to sit for the National League for Nursing's Certified Nurse Educator exam
- Get hands-on experience through optional individualized, precepted practicum experiences in academic and clinical practice settings within curriculum
Why pursue a nursing master's or certificate at UMass Boston?
- Innovation. The Manning College of Nursing & Health Sciences is home to the state-of-the-art Center for Clinical Education and Research (CCER), where students can treat lifelike simulated patients in surroundings that duplicate actual hospital conditions, and their performances can be recorded for later review and discussion with faculty members.
- Job prospects. The projected job growth rate for nurse practitioners is 45% through 2029, much higher than the average job growth rate. The projected job growth rate for nursing faculty is 9% through 2029, about 2x as high as the average increase in demand.
- Career preparation. The programs effectively prepare you and make you eligible to sit for national board/licensing exams. 82%+ of UMass Boston nursing students pass their board exams on the first attempt.
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Take the next step.
- Fall start Nursing MS applications due March 31; Spring applications due November 15
- Fall start Nursing Post-Master's Certificate applications due June 15; Spring applications due November 15
- Fall start Nurse Educator Certificate applications due July 1
Ready to get started? Connect with UMass Boston today and start focusing on your future.