Overview

According to U.S. Census Bureau projections, more than 73 million Americans will be over age 65 by 2030, with that number expected to surpass 80 million by 2040.

This trend, combined with a growing emphasis on global health concerns, has created a critical shortage of nurse practitioners who can deliver specialized care to patients from adolescence to older adulthood.

Careers

When you join the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner degree at Duke University, you’ll focus on comprehensive and continuous care for patients throughout the lifespan, from adolescence to senescence. This means that among your many clinical skills, you’ll be especially adept at developing long-term relationships with your patients and their families.

This expertise will prepare you to become a generalist in adult-primary care in a wide variety of settings, including:

Community health centers

Family practice/internal medicine clinics

Hospital-based units

Outpatient clinics

Primary care clinics

Private practices

Public clinics

Retail clinics

Senior living and long-term health care facilities

Specialty practices

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Nurse as Scholar I: Science Development, Study Design & Statistics

Nurse as Scholar II: Evidence-based Practice

Population Health in a Global Society

Professional Transitions: Advanced Nursing Practice

Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan: A Conceptual Approach

Physical Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning in APN

Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-07 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

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Applications completed after Dec. 1 are reviewed on a space-available basis.
Applications completed after May 1 are reviewed on a space-available basis.

Language

English

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Credits

42 SCH

Delivered

Blended

Campus Location

Durham, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

Transcripts: All post-secondary transcripts from every school where college credit was earned, not just degree-granting institutions.

Three (3) professional recommendations

Personal Statement: Three comprehensive written essays are required with your application. Use the text boxes in the Personal Statements section of the application. Text responses have a character limit of 2000. All prompts are required to be answered.

Resume/CV

GPA: Preferential admissions consideration will be given to applicants with a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

Earned bachelor of science in nursing from an accredited Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education School of Nursing, or an earned associate's degree in nursing from an accredited school in addition to a bachelor's degree in any field.

Licensure: Current licensure as a registered nurse in the state in which practice will occur.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

94500 USD / full

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Out-of-State

94500 USD / full

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Domestic

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In-State

94500 USD / full

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Living costs

Durham

United States

990 - 1670 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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