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Program Information

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Colby-Sawyer's online DNP: Advanced Leadership (post-MSN) program prepares students with the enhanced leadership knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to translate research into practice, fostering improved patient outcomes.

Program Details

Term Starts: March
Program Duration: 20 months or 32 months
Course Format: Online
Credits: 28
Tuition: $21,420
Housing: On-campus accommodations available

*Technology fee not included

Laura A. Sykes ’98, former interim president, shakes hands with Dan Moran. 

Choose Colby-Sawyer’s DNP Program

  • Online coursework

  • Part-time enrollment options
  • Leadership focused
  • Transfer in up to 500 clinical hours 
ccne-accredited

100%

Online coursework

28

Credits to completion

2

Enrollment options

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A person in a black graduation gown and cap is holding a blue and gold graduation tassel, with a stage and floral decorations visible in the background.

Dr. Joan Loftus, director and chair of nursing, hoods Marcy Singleton. 

Two women in academic regalia stand together on a stage, with a large %22Colby%22 banner visible in the background.

Laura A. Sykes ’98, former interim college president, congratulates Brianna (Poulin) Bagalio, Colby-Sawyer's first three-time nursing graduate (BSN, MSN and DNP). 

Two women in graduation gowns and caps stand together in front of a large banner, with a backdrop of plants and a dark interior space.

Dr. Joan Loftus, director and chair of nursing, adjusts Arianna (Dawley) Anton’s hood. Anton, BSN ’11 and DNP ’25, is an assistant professor and the undergraduate traditional program coordinator in the School of Nursing & Health Sciences. 

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Colby-Sawyer's first Doctor of Nursing Practice cohort includes, in front, from left: Brianna Bagalio, Nicole Chartier, Arianna Anton, Eileen Hays-Bonaccolto, Kim Hill and Justine Hagan. In back, from left (starting in middle): Meghan Hebert, Donna Mann, Dan Moran and Marcy Singleton.  

The baccalaureate and master's degree programs and the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Colby-Sawyer College are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).