Admissions
An application packet can be obtained from this website by clicking on Application under the Forms button above. Deadlines and other important dates related to admission are available on the website.
Applicants meeting the following criteria will be considered for admission:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, or an appropriate Bachelor degree from an accredited school or college
- Valid licensure as a registered nurse
- Official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores (verbal and quantitative > 1100, writing 4.0 or better) OR Miller Analogies (MAT) score (> 411) * Weighted GPA 3.0 or greater
- A minimum of one year experience in adult critical care, emergency room, pediatric critical care, or equivalent; two years recommended
- Certification as BLS, ACLS, PALS, CCRN
- Three strong professional references (one must be from current supervisior, the other two from professionals of your choice.)
- A short essay
- If English is not the first language, a score of at least 600 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language and a score of 6 on the institutional version of the Spoken English Test (SET)
- International applicants should refer to that section in the TCU Graduate Bulletin
Candidates who satisfactorily meet these criteria will be invited for an evaluated interview.
Application deadlines:
November 1st for class beginning the next August. Candidiates will be notified of admission status by February 1st .
For more information regarding the Graduate Programs, please visit the General Graduate Studies website.
