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Believe & Achieve Scholarship®
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Why choose Walden’s online MSN program?
Get a stronger level of Practicum support.
With Practicum Pledge™, our dedicated Field Placement Team helps you navigate the process and ensure a successful placement.1
Set your pace and costs.
Complete your MSN in as few as 14 months for as low as $13,000 for select specializations with Tempo Learning®.2
Build your skills—and your confidence.
Walden’s MSN online program features immersive learning and digital clinical experiences that help prepare you for real challenges you’ll face in the field.
Drive meaningful change in your community.
An online MSN from Walden can help you play a bigger role in improving patient care and shaping a more equitable healthcare system.
Benefit from high-quality curriculum.
Our MSN program meets standards established by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
Lift up nurses everywhere.
Walden proudly partners with The DAISY Foundation to recognize, inspire, and encourage compassionate, outstanding nurses.
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Walden’s College of Nursing received a 10-year accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the maximum period granted for all eligible nursing programs including our online MSN program.
Personalized Practicum Support
Hands-on practicums are vital to your learning experience. That’s why our MSN online program offers the Walden Practicum Pledge™, a collaborative approach to help you navigate the practicum process and better ensure a successful placement.
Once you register for Practicum Pledge™, if you can’t identify your site and preceptor (along with additional requirements3), our dedicated Field Placement Team partners with you to secure a site and preceptor. This enhanced support gives you added confidence as you embark on your master’s in nursing online journey.
Master of Science in Nursing Specializations
Two Ways to Learn
You have a unique learning style and a unique schedule. That’s why Walden offers you more than one way to learn.
Tempo Learning®
complete in 14 months3
Ideal if you’re a self-motivated learner with strong time management skills. Available for Select Specializations6
3-month subscription pricing
Flexible schedule
Personal Academic Coach
Course-Based
complete in 18 months4
Ideal if you prefer predictability, deadlines and a traditional learning format.
Pay by the course
Pre-set schedule
Instructor-led courses
Alliances Across the Field
Daisy Foundation
As a proud partner to the DAISY Foundation, Walden presents DAISY student awards to exceptional nursing students. These students demonstrate compassion, a tireless commitment to the profession, and dedication to promoting positive social change through improved health outcomes.
National League for Nursing
The NLN supports professional development for nurse educators and interprofessional colleagues, empowering them to become confident leaders of social change.
Sigma Theta Tau: The International Honor Society of Nursing
As a Walden MSN student, you may have the opportunity to join Phi Nu, our chapter of Sigma Theta Tau and the third largest Sigma chapter in the world.
Walden partners with more than 650 health systems, schools, and professional organizations.
Walden partners with more than 650 leading healthcare employers and professional organizations, with a goal of bringing higher education to more dedicated nurses. See if you qualify for additional tuition savings on our Master of Science in Nursing online program.
More about our MSN program
1Walden's Believe & Achieve Scholarship™ is available for new students starting on February 6, 2023, and later. For a full list of eligible programs and details on award amounts and eligibility visit www.waldenu.edu/financial-aid/grants-and-scholarships-details. Tuition-free coursework must be applied to the final courses in the program of enrollment prior to graduation.
2Some entry options may require that you fulfill general education requirements prior to taking masters-level coursework. Once you meet these requirements, you will continue to your MSN program. Please speak to an Enrollment Specialist for more details.
3Represents Tempo Learning® format, Believe & Achieve Scholarship™, and the fastest pace of our top 25% transfer students in this program in the Tempo Learning format. Your actual total program time and costs may vary. Tuition and fees are subject to change. See Tuition and Fees section and Scholarship Details for more information
4Represents BSN-MSN track for the Specialty Practice MSN degrees. Minimum time to completion. Your actual time may vary. Time to completion varies by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred, if applicable. Tuition and time to complete may be reduced if transfer credits are accepted, or if you receive grants, scholarships, or other tuition reductions. Walden may accept up to 25 transfer credits. For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-768-0109.
5A 10% tuition reduction combined with Walden’s Believe & Achieve Scholarship is available for new students who are service members, veterans of the U.S. armed forces, or employees of the Veterans Administration who enroll in programs eligible for the Believe & Achieve Scholarship. For programs not eligible for Walden’s Believe & Achieve Scholarship, the tuition reduction is 15% for the life of the program. This tuition reduction is also available if you are a spouse of a service member, veteran, or employee of the Veterans Administration. This tuition reduction cannot be retroactively applied. Tuition reductions are applicable to tuition only and do not apply toward books, materials, and other supplies or fees needed for a course. It may not be combined with other tuition reductions, unless specified in another offer.
6The Tempo Learning® option is available for Nursing Informatics, Nursing Education and Nursing Executive Specializations.
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) The baccalaureate degree program in nursing (BSN), master’s degree program in nursing (MSN), post-graduate APRN certificate program, and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at Walden University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (www.ccneaccreditation.org). Officially recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is an autonomous accrediting agency, contributing to the improvement of the public's health. CCNE ensures the quality and integrity of baccalaureate, graduate, and residency programs in nursing.
Walden University’s Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program is designed to provide the academic degree required to apply for national certifications. Because no graduate program can guarantee that graduates will achieve national certification, we encourage students to consult the appropriate credentialing center for the specific requirements. It is an individual’s responsibility to understand, evaluate, and comply with all requirements relating to national certification as requirements vary widely. Walden makes no representations or guarantee that completion of Walden coursework or programs will permit an individual to obtain national certification. For more information about certification programs, students should contact the American Nurses Credentialing Center at www.nursingworld.org/ancc, or other certification websites.