Undergraduate admission is access-oriented: a high school diploma or GED plus a capacity showing through prior credit, testing, or entrance assessment as programs require. The MBA takes rolling applications with no GMAT or GRE. The MSN-NP tracks hold the real gates: an active unrestricted RN license, an accredited BSN, a 3.0 GPA, and residency in an eligible state, eligibility varies by track and the enrollment team confirms yours, so ask before planning rather than after. Transfer credit arrives from coursework graded C or better, plus training, work, and military experience, with unofficial transcripts accepted at enrollment. Six starts a year means the next semester door is never more than about two months out.
The enrollment sequence, optimized
Clear your program's specific gate first
NP applicants: license verification, BSN transcripts, and the state-eligibility question answered by the enrollment team before anything else is scheduled. General applicants: the standard file, guided by an advisor.
Sweep the transfer file
Coursework at C or better, professional training, and military experience all convert; at per-credit tuition every accepted credit is money kept, per the tuition manual.
Read the placement pledge as what it is
Herzing's APRN Clinical Placement Pledge is a conditional placement backstop, a commitment to help place you, never a refund promise. Honest expectations at the door prevent bitter surprises in year two.
Pick the start whose first month you can win
Sixteen-week semesters reward strong openings, and with six doors a year, waiting one is cheap insurance against starting drowned.
What the semester calendar changes
Sixteen weeks is the network's long format: kinder weekly density than the sprint schools, and quieter danger, because drift compounds for months before it surfaces. The winning habits are the standing ones, the semester mapped in week one, heavy stretches pre-positioned, gradebooks read monthly, and the writable load handed off in the weeks your shifts or caseload spike. Six yearly starts also mean recovery from a bad semester begins within weeks, not academic years.
Starting strong, program by program
- NP entrants: the core rail begins immediately; one writing team from NU 700 forward keeps two years of voice consistent
- RN-to-BSN entrants: completion coursework rewards early A-banking while work schedules are still cooperative
- MBA entrants: the 12-month design leaves no soft semesters; map all of it at once
- MSW entrants: field components pace the plan; write around them from day one
A door opens within two months, always
Send your program and transcript situation. The transfer plan and first-semester map come back free.
Sources and verification
Facts on this page come from official and independent sources, and anything that matters is worth checking against the originals:
- www.herzing.edu: Herzing University's official site, primary source for admissions and start-cadence facts
- www.herzing.edu/nursing/msn-family-nurse-practitioner-program: the official FNP page where NP gates are published
- www.hlcommission.org: Higher Learning Commission, the institutional accreditor
- www.ccneaccreditation.org: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, the nursing accreditor
- apastyle.apa.org: APA Style, the official style authority