Master of Science in Nursing

The Master of Science in Nursing educates graduates who are prepared to:

• Integrate and apply established and evolving scientific knowledge from diverse sources as the basis for ethical clinical judgement, innovation, and diagnostic reasoning to provide advanced nursing care. 
• Deliver holistic, compassionate, evidence-based person-centered care through the assessment, diagnoses, management, and evaluation of advanced nursing practice.  
• Partner and collaborate in traditional and non-traditional partnerships across the health care continuum to integrate advanced nursing practice that improves equitable population health outcomes.   
• Synthesize and apply evidence in the delivery of advanced nursing care to promote and improve health.  
• Integrate established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science to minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.  
• Collaborates with the interprofessional health care team, patients, families, communities, and other stake holders in the delivery of safe, effective, care. 
• Participates in organizational and systems approaches across complex healthcare systems to foster cost-effective, safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations. 
• Utilize and incorporate informatics and healthcare technologies used to gather data, form information to drive decision making, and comply with best practices and professional and regulatory standards that improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services.  
• Demonstrate a professional identity that incorporates accountability, ethical comportment, and a collaborative disposition that reflects the characteristics and values of an advanced nursing practitioner. 
• Demonstrate responsibility for lifelong learning, personal well-being, professional career development, and reflection for personal growth as an advanced practicing nurse and support the acquisition of nursing expertise. 

Cost Per Credit: $610 for 33 credits and $750 for 12 credits.
Term Registration Fee: $30

Please see online tuition and fees for more information.

As a graduate student, you may qualify for federal student aid and other need-based scholarships. To be considered for financial assistance, you must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Learn more at UMass Lowell Graduate Aid.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is available to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and certain eligible non-citizens. Please visit Financial Aid if you have questions about your eligibility.

• Application 
  • MPH Dietetics
  • Physical Therapy
  • All Other Programs: Summer & Fall'26- Spring'27

• Application Fee: $50
• Statement of Purpose: Outline goals, experience and achievements (maximum 2 pages).
• Letters of Recommendation: Two (2) for master's and Doctor of Nursing Practice, three (3) for doctoral applicants.
• Transcripts: You may apply with unofficial transcripts, but if accepted, official transcripts are required. We do not accept opened, photocopied, emailed PDFs or faxed official transcripts.
• Resume: All programs require a resume except for the following: Doctor of Physical Therapy and all Master of Public Health programs
• Test Scores: UMass Lowell’s school code is 3911. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores are only required for the following programs:
  • Public Health (Doctor of Science)
  • Physical   Therapy (Doctor of Physical Therapy)

All materials must be received before your application is reviewed.  To add supporting documents, please log in to your application and select "Program Materials."

International Applicants

International transcripts must indicate completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree (equivalent of an American bachelor's degree) before an application will be processed. The Office of Graduate Admissions reserves the right to have any application credentials evaluated.  Baccalaureate verification may be obtained for a fee from:

• Center for Educational Documentation (CED)
• Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE)
• World Education Services (WES)

English proficiency is required. If English is not your country’s national language, please submit one of the following scores:

• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 79+
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS): 6.5+
• Duolingo: 115+