Your Future at Goldfarb Starts Here

If you’re passionate about advancing your career in nursing, we’re ready to help you reach your goals. Our nationally recognized programming offers flexible learning options in a student-centered environment. Your future starts now!

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Explore Your Options

We offer a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs 
in multiple concentrations to help you build the future you want.

BACHELOR'S DEGREES
Next Application Deadline: April 21, 2025     Next Term Starts: May 19, 2025

Upper Division

This BSN option for students who have completed their first two years of education at an accredited institution. 

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Accelerated

This intensive, one-year BSN program ensures students who have a bachelor’s degree in a field outside of nursing can make the transition from education to practice faster.

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Weekend & Evening 

Need to balance work, school and family? Our weekend and evening programs are designed for busy individuals who have completed our prerequisites.

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MASTER'S DEGREES
Next Application Deadline: April 21, 2025     Next Term Starts: May 19, 2025

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP)

The AGACNP concentration prepares students to assume the complex and evolving professional roles of independent practitioners in intensive care units.

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Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)

Prepares students to educationally and clinically provide care for adults, as well as diagnose, treat and manage adults with acute and chronic conditions in a primary care setting.

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Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

This program focuses on skills and competencies needed to provide primary care in the community to patients of all ages.

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Health Systems Executive Nurse Leadership

Our Master of Health Systems Nurse Leadership is designed for BSN nurses who want to develop advanced leadership skills and competencies. 

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Nurse Educator 

Our Nurse Educator program has two options to become a skilled educator. One option is focused on professional development in the clinical setting and the other one for academic faculty development.

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POST-MASTER'S CERTIFICATES

Next Application Deadline: April 21, 2025     Next Term Starts: May 19, 2025

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP)

Provide care for adult and geriatric patients experiencing acute, critical or complex health conditions in diverse health care settings. 

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Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)

Provide care for adults as well as diagnose, treat and manage adults with acute and chronic conditions in appropriate primary care settings.

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Health System Executive Nurse Leadership

This Program prepares nurses to function in executive leadership and management roles that focus on creating or redesigning systems to meet the demands of the emerging health care market.

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Nurse Educator

Our Nurse Educator program has two options to become a skilled educator: one is focused on professional development in the clinical setting and one for academic faculty development.

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DOCTORAL DEGREES
Next Application Deadline: April 21, 2025     Next Term Starts: May 19, 2025

Doctor of Nursing (PhD)

The Doctoral Degree concentrations at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing are created for registered nurses who have earned their BSN and are interested in pursuing advanced leadership roles in nursing practice and research positions in academia, as well as in the research departments of leading health institutions and hospitals. 

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Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP)

Provide care for adult and geriatric patients experiencing acute, critical or complex health conditions in diverse health care settings. 

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Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)

Provide care for adults as well as diagnose, treat and manage adults with acute and chronic conditions in appropriate primary care settings.

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DNP - Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA)

The Nurse Anesthesia Program awards a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree with a concentration in Nurse Anesthesia.

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Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

This program focuses on skills and competencies needed to provide primary care in the community to patients of all ages.

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Health Systems Executive Nurse Leadership

The Health Systems Executive Leadership DNP curriculum focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to lead complex clinical environments.

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PhD: Nursing Science

Graduates are well prepared for research positions in academia as well as in the research departments of leading health institutions.

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Post-MSN DNP

Graduates will be able to provide quality health care to patients, families, and communities by assuming a leadership role in the health care system.

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Full-Ride and Scholarship Opportunities

An affordable degree is closer than you think. More than 60% of Goldfarb students receive some 
sort of scholarship. Read on to learn what financial assistance you may be eligible for.

Graduation

Full-Ride Tuition Program

The BJC Full-Ride Scholars Program provides 100% coverage of qualifying tuition and fees for incoming undergraduate students—with the commitment to launch your career at BJC HealthCare.

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Scholarships Available

We offer several scholarship opportunities to support you through your nursing education.

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HEED Award

HEED Award

The Insight Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award annually recognizes colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity, inclusive excellence, and belonging. Goldfarb is proud to be earn this recognition and provide exceptional education to students of all backgrounds and communities.

 

No. 11 Best Nursing-Anesthesia School

US News 2024 Nursing Anesthesia

Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing has been ranked the No. 11 Best Nursing-Anesthesia School in the country.

Goldfarb by the Numbers

 1Missouri State Board of Nursing Quarterly Report 2Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs 3American Association of Critical
Care Nurses (AACN) and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 4American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
Certification Board and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 5-6Goldfarb Financial Aid Office

Why Choose Goldfarb?

What do you get when you combine high-tech, hands-on training; flexible and diverse course 
options; and a vibrant and welcoming campus? It’s the Goldfarb difference.

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Program options for everyone

Whether you want a traditional college experience or need to balance studies while working, we have options for you.

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Job security in a competitive market

Our nurses have guaranteed placement at BJC HealthCare through our full-ride tuition program.

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Clinical Simulation

Hands on and high-tech training

You can expect to learn from accomplished faculty from Goldfarb School of Nursing and WashU Medicine and experience immersive learning at nationally ranked Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Our state-of-the-art, high-fidelity simulators and advanced virtual reality tools provide low-risk, high-reward learning.

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Campus

Vibrant campus life

Centrally located in St. Louis, our modern campus is part of a vibrant academic medical campus including: WashU Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy. We offer a welcoming environment, accomplished faculty, and all the amenities our incredible city has to offer.

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Take Your Next Step at Goldfarb

Ready to pursue your passion? Your future starts now.

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