Nurse Midwifery Admission Process

Midwifery applications for the MSN degree must be submitted in the Fall prior to Spring enrollment. The deadline is September 15^th. Applicants for the Post Masters Certificate in Midwifery may apply for enrollment in the Fall, Spring or the 11-week Summer term. Applications for Spring enrollment must be submitted in the Fall prior to Spring enrollment with a deadline of September 15^th. Applications for Summer or Fall enrollment must be submitted in the Spring prior to Summer or Fall with a March 15^th deadline.

Admission to the master of science in nursing degree program requires the student to meet the minimum admission requirements for graduate study as established by the university and the following requirements established by the College of Nursing.

• A baccalaureate degree in nursing from an accredited program
• A minimum GPA of 2.7 in undergraduate studies and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in nursing major
• Currently hold a non-restricted license to practice as a registered nurse (RN) in North Carolina or a NCSBN compact state. Out-of-state applicants are only accepted from South Carolina.
• A statement of purpose describing the applicant’s interest in graduate study, career goals, and the MSN degree’s relationship to those goals
• Three professional references. MD, CNM, NP providers and nursing supervisors with whom you work are most appropriate for these references
• Current resume
• A personal interview with a member of the midwifery faculty (will be scheduled upon receipt of completed application package)
• One year RN experience (Labor and Delivery preferred but not required)
• Demonstrate a commitment to practice with under-served populations

Though no applicant who falls below the ECU College of Nursing Graduate concentration minimum admission requirements (GPA of 3.0) is guaranteed admission, ECU Graduate School policy allows requests for admission by exception. The ECU Graduate School makes final decisions on these requests. These criteria will be used to inform decisions at the concentration level regarding requests for admissions by exception.

• Mitigating circumstances to explain lower GPA with evidence that those circumstances have changed
• Completed graduate degree from a regionally-accredited institution or completed at least 9 semester hours graduate work without a degree with a GPA at 3.2 or better
• Demonstrates success in current professional role as a nurse in clinical, research, policy, or healthcare improvement positions.
• Strong recommendations from experienced healthcare leader with first-hand knowledge of professional work

To apply for the Nurse-Midwifery program at ECU go to ECU’s Graduate School Admission page Scroll to the bottom of the screen and choose either the Master’s Degree or Certificates link. From there scroll to either Nursing, MSN Nurse Midwifery or Nurse Midwifery, Certificate.

Currently there are no options for a full-time plan of study. The graduating classes of 2025 and 2026 are full and we cannot accept any more students in those classes.  The next cohort of students will be admitted into the Class of 2027.