Yale University
CCNE AccreditedYale University offers a prestigious nursing education with a focus on innovative practices and research. Their programs are delivered in a hybrid format, combining online coursework with on-campus experiences, ensuring flexibility for busy professionals. Accredited by the CCNE, Yale prepares you to excel in various nursing specialties.
Yale University at a glance
- Opportunity Score: 57/100 — our weighted composite of NCLEX outcomes, tuition, clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Strongest components: Graduation rate and Clinical partnerships.
- Clinical placement access scores 92/100, based on the hospital systems this school places students into.
- Listed program tuition ranges from $88,200 to $180,000 total across 5 programs.
- 8 nursing programs listed — DNP, MSN, PhD offered hybrid / on campus.
- Programmatic accreditation: CCNE.
57/100
Opportunity Score
Source: MyNursingSchools methodology
92/100
Clinical placement access
Source: School-published clinical partners
- Programs Offered
- 8
- Clinical Access
- 92/100
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
Nursing Programs at Yale University(8)
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Yale Universityoverall score
Strengths
- Graduation rate
- Clinical partnerships
- Job market strength
Watch-outs
- Tuition affordability
- Online flexibility
Score breakdown
- Job market strength89
- Graduation rate97
- Online flexibility42
- Tuition affordability10
- Clinical partnerships92
The Opportunity Score blends NCLEX pass rate, tuition affordability, graduation outcomes, schedule flexibility, hospital clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Missing inputs are excluded and remaining weights are redistributed proportionally. How we calculate this.
Yale Universityclinical access
- Strong partnership with Yale New Haven Hospital for clinical placements.
- Centralized placement coordination by the Clinical Support Unit.
- Extensive simulation and assessment labs available for student training.
- Affiliated with Magnet-recognized hospitals.
Named hospital & health-system partners
- Yale New Haven HospitalMagnetAMC
- Yale New Haven Health
Sources: nursing.yale.edu, nursing.yale.edu, nursing.yale.edu. How we score this
Admissions at Yale University
- •No stated acceptance or admission rate (%) is provided on official Yale School of Nursing or Yale University sources.
- •Minimum GPA requirement: For Master’s-level programs (GEPN, MSN): applicants must have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 (as calculated by NursingCAS), or alternatively submit GRE scores at or above the 50th percentile in all sections.
- •GRE requirement:
- •Not required if cumulative undergraduate GPA ≥ 3.0.
- •Required, with at least the 50th percentile in each section, if GPA < 3.0.
- •GEPN (Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing) prerequisites: Four required science courses must be completed by June 15 before matriculation; at least three must be completed at time of application. All four prerequisites must have been completed no more than 8 years prior to application, with a minimum grade of B- (approximately 2.7) or higher. AP or IB credits are not acceptable. The four required courses are:
- •1. Human Anatomy & Physiology I (with lab)
- •2. Human Anatomy & Physiology II (with lab)
- •3. General Chemistry with lab
- •4. Microbiology with lab
- •Reapplication policy: Applicants who have applied to the same program three times without admission are not allowed to reapply to that program again (unless explicitly authorized).
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Yale University
- •Yale offers a hybrid online/on-campus delivery (“Yale Nursing Everywhere”) for advanced practice nurse and midwifery MSN specialties, enabling students to enroll full‑time or part‑time from their current environment, bypassing physical campus constraints.
- •Within that hybrid model, Yale offers a three‑year part‑time Hybrid MSN program in Psychiatric‑Mental Health Nursing (PMHNP), blending immersive on‑campus sessions and flexible online learning.
- •The Hybrid PMHNP program includes three mandatory in‑person campus immersions at Yale’s West Campus, each lasting approximately 3–4 days (including weekends).
- •The hybrid model indicates online coursework flexibility (i.e., asynchronous elements) combined with scheduled in‑person immersion sessions, though the source does not explicitly state “asynchronous” nor “synchronous” formats.
- •The Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) programs, specifically the post‑master’s Clinical DNP and H
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
DNP
No stated acceptance or admission rate is provided.
Hybrid delivery combines on-campus experience with online coursework.
MSN — Family Nurse Practitioner
Minimum GPA: 3.0
No stated acceptance or admission rate is provided.
Hybrid delivery allows for full-time or part-time enrollment.
MSN — Nurse-Midwifery
Minimum GPA: 3.0
No stated acceptance or admission rate is provided.
Hybrid delivery allows for full-time or part-time enrollment.
MSN — Psychiatric Mental Health NP
Minimum GPA: 3.0
No stated acceptance or admission rate is provided.
Hybrid delivery allows for full-time or part-time enrollment.
PhD in Nursing
Minimum GPA: 3.0
No stated acceptance or admission rate is provided.
PhD program is delivered on-campus.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.