Applicants must possess a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution, with a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. Applicants are required to write a personal statement, upload a resume, and provide two letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation may be submitted before or after submitting an application. Please note that an individual interview may be necessary.

To qualify for admission to the MS in Nursing Education program, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited college or university, with an accredited nursing program, with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
• Hold an unencumbered nursing license and a current registration
• Completed undergraduate courses in Health Assessment, Pathophysiology, and Statistics, with grades of C or better. Applicants without this coursework may be admitted to the program conditionally and required to take the courses and achieve the grade standard, before matriculating.
• Accepted students may complete these undergraduate requirements within the first year of the program

The online application requires students to:

• Demonstrate the potential to successfully pursue graduate study through an admission essay highlighting education and career achievement. The essay should include specific examples of problem-solving while working in the practice setting, leadership experience at the bedside or in other settings, and professional and community awards
• Submit two letters of recommendation from each, a nurse educator/nurse faculty and Supervisor/Manager
• Submit a scholarly work consisting of a 2-page summary (maximum 1000 words, excluding title and reference page) on ONE of the following: Evidenced-Based Practice project, Clinical Practice/Quality Improvement Project, Nursing Research Summary, Practice Improvement Project, PICOT question, Previous Academic Paper (written within the last 5 years for a school assignment; must include citations and a reference list),  a Research Poster presentation you presented at a conference, or a Review of a Nursing Research Article. It must include at least three references.
• Submit a resume
• Submit a copy of your Registered Nursing License

Residency Requirement*
In order to enroll in the RN to BS in Nursing program, students must provide documentation of one of the following categories:

• U.S. Citizenship
• Permanent Residency
• Granted asylum, refugee status, temporary protected status, withholding of removal, deferred enforced departure, deferred action status by the U.S. Government, deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or permanently residing in the United States under color of law (PRUCOL)

*International students may enroll in fully online degree programs. However, our online programs do not qualify for student visas.

If you are a non-New York state resident, please contact our Office of Admissions.

Potential students may view the Graduate Nursing Student Policies Handbook (PDF) here.

Transfer Credits

Consistent with CUNY SPS policy, MS in Nursing programs will accept up to 12 credits of master’s in nursing graduate credits for transfer. Transfer credits will be evaluated on an individual basis to determine applicability to the MS in Nursing programs at CUNY SPS. There is no statute of limitation for transfer credits.

View the full list of the online nursing degrees offered at CUNY SPS.