Programs at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing prepare students at the highest level of professional nursing practice. The chart below outlines the deadlines to apply by program.
Admissions prioritizes applications that are received before the deadline, but will consider applications received after the deadline if space is available. Students are considered for merit-based scholarships at the time of admission, with preference to students who apply before the deadline. For most programs, accepted students will have about three weeks to respond to an offer of admission.
Deadlines Dates and Decision TimeLine
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
| Academic Program | Admissions Application Priority Deadlines and Decision Timeline | |||
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| Fall Start | Students Notified of Acceptance | Spring Start | Students Notified of Acceptance | |
Early – November 1 | Early – July 1 | November Deadline – January | ||
Priority – January 15 | Priority- October 1
| October Deadline- Rolling | ||
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| July Deadline- September | |
Academic Program |
Admissions Application Priority Deadlines and Decision Timeline | |||
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| Summer Start | Fall Start | Spring Start | Students Notified of Acceptance | |
Priority- January 15 |
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Priority- January 15 |
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Doctoral Programs
| Academic Program | Admissions Application Priority Deadlines and Decision Timeline | |||
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| Summer Start | Fall Start | Spring Start | Students Notified of Acceptance | |
Early – November 1 |
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| November Deadline – Late December | |
| Priority – January 15 |
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| November Deadline – Late December | |
| Priority – January 15 |
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| January Deadline – February | |
DNP Executive Track/Master of Public Health (MPH) Dual Degree | Early – November 1 |
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| November Deadline – Late January |
| January 15 |
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| January Deadline – February | |
Academic Program | Admissions Application Priority Deadlines and Decision Timeline | |||
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| Summer Start | Fall Start | Spring Start | Students Notified of Acceptance | |
| Early – November 1 |
| November Deadline – January | |
| Priority – January 15 |
| January Deadline – March | |
| Early – November 1 |
| November Deadline – January | |
| Priority – January 15 |
| January Deadline – March | |
| Early – November 1 |
| November Deadline – January | |
| Priority – January 15 |
| January Deadline – March | |
| Early – November 1 |
| November Deadline – January | |
| Priority – January 15 |
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| Early – November 1 Priority – January 15 |
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November Deadline – January January Deadline – March | |
| The DNP Clinical Nurse Specialist program is not accepting applications in 2024. |
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| September 15 |
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| Summer- Early December |
Academic Program | Admissions Application Priority Deadlines and Decision Timeline | |||
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| Summer Start | Fall Start | Spring Start | Students Notified of Acceptance | |
| December 1 |
| Fall- February | |
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Academic Program | Admissions Application Priority Deadlines and Decision Timeline | |||
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| Summer Start | Fall Start | Spring Start | Students Notified of Acceptance | |
| December 1 |
| Fall – February | |
Post-Degree Certificates
| Academic Program |
Admissions Application Priority Deadlines and Decision Timeline | |||
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| Summer Start | Fall Start | Spring Start | Students Notified of Acceptance | |
| Post-Master’s Certificate in Healthcare Organizational Leadership 1 | Priority- January 15 | Fall – March | ||
| Priority- January 15 |
| Fall – March | |
| Post-Master’s Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate1 | Priority- January 15 | Fall – March | ||
Post-Master’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate1 | Early – November 1 Priority – January 15 | November Deadline – JanuaryJanuary Deadline – March | ||
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