Expand your practice with a specialization as a Family Nurse Practitioner in primary care.
UMass Boston's online nursing post-master's certificate (PMC) is designed for people with a master's degree in nursing who want to expand their practice or add a new specialization in as little as nine months.
- Specialization. Take coursework and do clinical hours to become a certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP).
- Affordability. Tuition rates among the lowest in the field; program starts at $8k.
- Convenience. Take courses online, complete clinical hours in your home state.*
- 12-Credit Option. For practicing PNPs, ANPs, and GNPs, coursework can be completed in one to three semesters.
- 21-Credit Option. For RNs and APRNs who are AGACNPs, WHNPs, PMH-NPs, CRNAs, CNMs, and CNSs, coursework can be completed in 3 semesters.
Don't have your nursing master's yet? Check out our Nursing MS program.
UMass Boston's online nursing post-master's certificate (PMC) is designed for people with a master's degree in nursing who want to expand their practice or add a new specialization in as little as nine months.
- Specialization. Take coursework and do clinical hours to become a certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP).
- Affordability. Tuition rates among the lowest in the field; program starts at $8k.
- Convenience. Take courses online, complete clinical hours in your home state.*
- 12-Credit Option. For practicing PNPs, ANPs, and GNPs, coursework can be completed in one to three semesters.
- 21-Credit Option. For RNs and APRNs who are AGACNPs, WHNPs, PMH-NPs, CRNAs, CNMs, and CNSs, coursework can be completed in 3 semesters.
Don't have your nursing master's yet? Check out our Nursing MS program.
Why get a post-master's certificate in nursing from UMass Boston?
- More career options. Become qualified for more nursing jobs by adding a specialization as an FNP to your résumé.
- Job growth. The projected job growth rate for nurse practitioners is 45% through 2029, much higher than the average job growth rate. Job growth will focus on preventative care and health care services for the aging population.
- Academic Outcomes. 82% of UMass Boston nursing students pass their board exams on the first attempt.
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*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
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Applications to start in the spring are due by November 15. Applications to start in the fall are due by June 15. Ready to get started? Connect with UMass Boston today and start focusing on your future.