- 100% Online
- 2 Years to Graduation
- 8 Week Courses (1 week break)
Minimum Requirements to Apply.
A BSN degree from an accredited college or university. Options available for RNs with BS or BA.
3.0 GPA
Current RN license
No GRE or GMAT required
For the full list admissions criteria and application

You Will Be Prepared.
Completing the Nursing Administration Program prepares you to:
- Apply research findings and concepts from nursing, social science and management areas to problem solving in health care delivery systems.
- Incorporate ethical precepts in leadership and management practices in the achievement of clinical goals of the health care system.
- Examine goals, structures and processes that facilitate knowledge of and dedication to patient safety through quality nursing care delivery.
- Demonstrate leadership skills necessary for creating an organizational environment where personal and professional development is an expectation.
- Examine personal and professional accountability for actions and outcomes of self and others related to evidence-based clinical and management practice.
- Identify problem-solving approaches to issues of organizational conflict and change management.
- Assist in the design of the basic elements of information management and control systems.
- Apply concepts of human resource management and development to personnel issues in nursing care systems and health care.
- Demonstrate beginning competency in business skills, the management of resources, and strategic management.
- Demonstrate competency in communication and relationship skills with internal and external stakeholders, using shared decision-making processes necessary in complex health care setting
Support for Your Education
The majority of our students received some form of financial aid – scholarship, grant, loan, work study or teaching assistant position.
We also offer more than $270,000 in UNM College of Nursing scholarships. Individual scholarship amounts range from $200-$4,000 annually.
Admissions, Tuition & Financial Aid
Nursing Admin Program Contact
Nursing Administration Concentration Coordinator, Clinician Educator, Assistant Professor
Melissa Cole, DNP, MSW, RN-BC, NEA-BC, FACHE
College of Nursing
Building 228
Room 230
1 University of New Mexico