323 PhD programmes in Nursing in North America

The PhD programme in Nursing at the University of Windsor, focusing on health outcomes and health services research, will combine coursework, comprehensive exams and a dissertation.

The College of Nursing’s Ph.D. program at University of Florida prepares scientists, scholars, advanced practitioners, and leaders in nursing. Comprehensive research and practice preparation is achieved by pairing students with faculty. 

Become the clinical nurse leader you were meant to be. Our Post-BSN Nursing Practice Program at Emory University prepares nurses for transforming clinical leadership to help you impact patient outcomes and improve health care delivery systems.

Learn to provide comprehensive health care to chronically, acutely, or critically ill adults and elders with this Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner degree at the Texas Christian University. 

Our Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) track at University of Washington within the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program focuses on providing primary care in the community to patients ranging in age from childhood to elderly. 

The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care (PNP-PC) at University of Washington track within the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree program specializes in preparing students to provide ongoing care of children, from infancy through young adulthood. 

Our online Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership (DNPEL) program at the University of Pennsylvania develops master’s-prepared nurses who already have leadership experience with the executive-level skills to lead systems and organizational change.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia (DNP-NA) program at Drexel University is fully accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA).

The Adult, Gerontology Nurse Practitioner DNP program at University at Buffalo prepares nurses for advanced practice to be competent in assessing and managing both health and illness states across the adult/older-adult age spectrum, and across the continuum of care from wellness to illness. 

The University of North Dakota’s online D.N.P. Nursing Practice program can help you develop leadership strategies to have an even greater impact on the future of health care.

The College of Nursing at University of Illinois at Chicago offers work leading to the Master of Science degree in nursing, the Doctor of Nursing Practice, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing. 

We are delivering holistic care for adults from wellness to illness. We offer a Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner degree at  Maryville University.

The Nursing Practice Executive - Business Administration program at Johns Hopkins University is a dual degree post-master’s program that is designed for students to gain the knowledge, skills, and abilities to lead cross-professional teams in the improvement and provision of informed quality health care while gaining fundamental business skills.

Georgetown University School of Nursing (GUSON) online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program prepares you to lead developments across the health system. 

The Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at the University at Buffalo prepares advanced practice nurses for leadership and direct care roles in the planning and delivery of preventive, brief and long-term psychiatric/mental health care.

Become a nurse anesthetist through the top-ranked Nurse Anesthesia DNP program at Johns Hopkins University. 

The Nursing program from Columbia University is a full-time, research-intensive curriculum that prepares nurses for careers as nurse scientists who will conduct research across a broad range of populations and health conditions.

The Nursing - General program from The University of Arizona is a is a hybrid program utilizing a mixture of online didactic coursework, on-campus intensives and on-ground practicum and clinical placements.

Baylor University’s online DNP-FNP program in Family Nurse Practitioner prepares graduates to provide exemplary care to patients of all ages. As an FNP, you’ll help bridge gaps in primary care where needed most, including providing care to underserved populations, implementing new treatment methods, and advocating for positive change in nursing.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner track (online DNP PNP) at Baylor University prepares actively practicing RNs to provide primary and acute care to pediatric patients in a variety of environments.