M.S.N. in Nursing Education
Program Facts
College: College of Nursing
Major: Nursing
Degree Level: Master's
- On-Campus
- 100% Online
Credit Hours: 36-42
How To Apply
Application Deadline
Fall 2026: CAS deadline TBD
Tuition & Fees
Estimated costs available via the calculator.
Overview
Develop leadership and teaching skills using the latest tools, technology and assessment instruments in nursing education for a specialized career as a nurse educator. Tarleton’s Master of Science in Nursing degree with a major in Nursing Education is designed for registered nurses who already have a BSN to provide them with the knowledge, experience and confidence they need to teach future nurses. The accredited MSN program has flexible options such as online courses and part-time enrollment to earn your master’s in nursing education in as quickly as one year.
With a focus on patient-centered care and outcomes, we promote health, shape health care delivery, and advance the profession of nursing. Join us in this effort while advancing your career in nursing.
If you’re a registered nurse who needs a BSN, you may be interested in Tarleton’s undergraduate nursing degree program instead.
Program Benefits
In a complex and ever-changing health care delivery system, nurse educators need to stay informed with current and emerging health practices and technologies. Tarleton strives to improve the educational credentials of the region’s nursing workforce with an accredited graduate nurse degree that fulfills nurse educator job requirements. Our master’s in nursing education explores concepts, theories, principles, roles and skills that prepare registered nurses to teach patients, families, health care consumers, nurses and nursing students.
Courses
All MSN nursing program courses are online except the two practicum experiences. The accredited nurse educator degree program requirements start with core courses in theory, informatics and research. Then you’ll explore topics in curriculum development, instructional methods and strategies for adult learners, pharmacology and pathophysiology.
Choose the thesis or non-thesis track, depending on whether or not you want to conduct original research and prepare for doctoral degree programs to become a nursing scientist. In the thesis track, you’ll work closely with a faculty adviser to plan, conduct, analyze and report on a research topic related to nursing education.
More About the Program
- Gain additional work experience and practical placements
Our MSN in nursing education has two practicum experiences that provide a robust experience in achievement of the program outcomes and specialty fields. Through these, you will be exposed to all aspects of the nursing educator role in academia and the clinical setting.
- Learn how to teach with tools, technologies and assessment instruments
We focus on marketable skills and knowledge, such as project management, data analytics and organizational behavior, to help you get the job you want.
- Get help paying for graduate nursing school
Scholarships for graduate nursing students area available. You may also qualify and apply for federal financial aid.
- Don't Have a BSN?
Check out our RN to BSN program for registered nurses who want to earn a bachelor’s degree. This post-licensure program is flexible and online with experiential learning and practicum components, so you can complete your BSN in 10 to 15 months.
- Nursing School
Our accredited graduate nursing degree is offered by The Department of Post Licensure and Graduate Nursing in the School of Nursing . We have an outstanding reputation in the community and among our practice partners.
- Student Activities
Even in a degree program with online coursework, you can join your peers and professors in student and professional organizations, such as Sigma Theta Tau International, the international honor society in nursing.
- Our online coursework provides a variety of ways to engage and collaborate with your peers and professors. Highly experienced registered nurses, all of our faculty members have master’s degrees and many also hold PhDs. We know first-hand what it takes to succeed in today’s health care industry, and we share our experience, skills and passion with graduate nursing students. Our areas of specialty include education needs of nurses, job embeddedness, reduction of student anxiety and stressors, student transformative learning and pesticide exposure.
Offered Concentrations
- Capstone/CAPS
- Thesis/THES
Career Outcomes
- Director of Nursing
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Clinical Research Director
- Department Head
- Director of Simulation
- Education Resource Specialist
- Nursing Home Administrator
- Nursing Instructor
- Manager of Education and Clinical Support
Admissions Requirements
- Admission to Tarleton State University – Graduate Studies
- Students should note that they must have their bachelor’s degree in nursing in order to be admitted to either master’s program as well as have their RN license.
- We accept applicants year-round. Courses start every 8 weeks.