Spring 2024 Graduate Programs Info Session
Health Leadership
Offering unparalleled options to develop nurses for a variety of leadership roles, our program aligns a tailored plan of study with your career goals.
Our Health Leadership Master’s program prepares professional nurses for leadership roles in areas such as project management, healthcare consulting, nursing education, public health, health policy, and healthcare quality improvement and safety.
In collaboration with you, program faculty design a course of study aimed at preparing you for a healthcare leadership role of your choosing. In addition to various electives, we emphasize leadership development, systems thinking, health policy, research, patient safety and quality improvement coupled with a course in which you have access to a variety of nursing leaders.
All of Penn Nursing’s programs are accredited. To learn more about the accreditation and pass rates, please visit our Accreditation page.
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Learning Format
You will complete eight courses in the School of Nursing (two as Leadership electives) and four courses in any School within the University to enrich the interdisciplinary nature of your studies.
As a complement to this program, our students often pursue minors in Global Health, Nursing and Health Care Administration, Nursing Education, Organizational Dynamics in Healthcare, and Quality Improvement and Safety Processes In Healthcare or a certificate in Health Care Innovation.
We also offer a number of dual degree programs with other renowned schools at Penn where you can combine an MSN with a Master’s in Healthcare Quality & Safety, Master’s in Public Health, Master’s in Bioethics, or a Master’s in Law.
Click the links below to view the curriculum for this program in the University catalog. Plans of study are tailored to the individual student in consultation with program leadership. Contact the program director or Admissions for more information.
Click the link below to view the curriculum for this program in the University catalog or download a sample plan of study.
BSN degree with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
College level statistics course
RN
Summer & Fall 2024 Start Deadline: February 1, 2024
Latest Decision Notification: early-March
Spring 2024 Start Deadline: February 1, 2024
Summer & Fall 2024 Start Deadline: March 15, 2024
Latest Decision Notification: late-April
*Dates subject to change without notice.
Your program costs will depend on how many course units (CU) you take per semester.
Discount available for employees of our Academic Practice Partners. Click here to learn more.
At the completion of this advanced level of nursing education, Penn Nursing MSN graduates will: