Family Nurse Practitioner Program, FNP

Advance your practice with our renowned MS-FNP program

Pace’s Family Nurse Practitioner program offers a 49-credit master of science degree. Make a positive impact on families and communities as an advanced practice nurse. Go beyond the traditional nurses’ role, and graduate as a highly-skilled practitioner able to treat patients in hospitals, clinical settings, and private practices.

This allows you to complete the MS-FNP and begin practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

• A unique blend of online and on-campus classes, and individually precepted clinical practicum hours in diverse healthcare settings.
• A leader in the field - Pace’s FNP was one of the first programs of its kind to focus on family and primary healthcare and prepare you for the FNP role.
• Our FNP program will prepare you to deliver evidence-based, equitable person-centered, primary healthcare to individuals within the context of family and community.
• This program meets requirements for the Family Nurse Practitioner Certification for both the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) certifying organizations.
• Pace offers a certificate of advanced graduate study for master’s-prepared nurses who wish to pursue family nurse practitioner studies, as well as nurse practitioners who wish to expand their practice through family nurse practitioner education and certification (credits determined by a gap analysis).

The MS-FNP is offered on both the New York City and Pleasantville campuses. 

Conferral of master's degree after 49 Credits and a minimum of 760 supervised clinical practicum hours across the family population foci.