Binghamton University FNP Programs

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences • Johnson City, NY • Hybrid • $1,068/credit

Binghamton University offers 3 Family Nurse Practitioner Tracks:

  • BS-DNP
  • Advanced Standing DNP
  • Advanced Certificate

Program Tracks Overview

ProgramEst. Tuition (In-State )Est. DurationCredit Hours
BS-DNP$84.8K 3 years
(6 semesters)		77
Adv. Standing DNP$42.3K–$45.9K2 years
(4 semesters) or 3 years (6 semesters)		35–38
Certificate$12.9K–$18.3K1.5 years
(3 semesters) to 2 years (4 semesters)		21–30

Tuition estimates use Binghamton’s fall 2026 DNP and graduate rate tables, including broad-based fees.

Binghamton has no master’s route to FNP licensure. A BSN-prepared nurse becomes an FNP only through the 77-credit BS-DNP, and the Advanced Certificate is open only to nurses who already hold a DNP. Even a master’s-prepared NP switching to family practice is routed into the BS-DNP, with up to 8 credits waived.

The trade-off is time and cost. The BS-DNP runs three years at about $84.8K in-state, and the published plan puts students on campus 1–2 days a week in year one. An online version launched in fall 2026, but Binghamton has not yet published its plan of study.

Quick Facts

FeatureDetails
Program TypesBS-DNP, Advanced Standing DNP, post-DNP Advanced Certificate
FormatBS-DNP: Hybrid (online version launched fall 2026). Advanced Standing: Mostly Online. Certificate: Hybrid.
Clinical HoursBS-DNP: 1,200–1,380 clinical/project. Certificate: 660. Advanced Standing: 540 clinical/project.
Clinical PlacementSchool-placed through Decker’s Clinical Placement Office; students may request sites; travel up to 150 miles
PopulationFamily/individual across the lifespan
Distinctive CourseworkFNP role courses shared with adult-gero NP track; healthcare finance and informatics; three-course DNP project
Entry PointNo MSN FNP; certificate requires a completed DNP
Start TermPublished plans begin in fall
RN License RequirementsUnencumbered U.S. RN; New York RN required before New York clinicals
TuitionDNP: $1,068/credit resident, $1,380 non-resident; full-time flat rate at 12+ credits
AccreditationCCNE (DNP and post-graduate APRN certificate)

BS to DNP, Family Nurse Practitioner

The estimated tuition for the BS-DNP at Binghamton University is approximately $84,780 in-state or $107,310 out-of-state (6 full-time semesters at the flat DNP semester rate, fees included). The program can generally be completed in about 3 years (6 semesters) of full-time study, with no summer terms in the published plan.

Program: DNP in Family Nurse Practitioner: BS to DNP

BS-DNP Curriculum

FNP sequence (years 1–2). The clinical spine runs across four semesters: the advanced assessment course, then three Nursing in Family Practice courses paired with three FNP Role courses. Role II and Role III are shared with the adult-gerontology NP track, so FNP and AGNP students sit in the same role seminars.

Doctoral layer (years 2–3). The DNP layer includes a 4-credit organizational behavior course, health informatics, health policy, epidemiology and biostatistics, and a recommended healthcare finance elective. The scholarly project spans three courses, and applicants choose its focus (practice change, program evaluation, or health policy) in their admission essay.

Year 3 is mostly non-clinical FNP work. After year 2, the FNP specialty courses are finished. Year 3 holds the DNP practicum, the project, and policy coursework, largely online.

  • NURS 502: Advanced Physical Health Assessment
  • NURS 521, 522, 596: Nursing in Family Practice I–III
  • NURS 553: Family NP Role I
  • NURS 554, 555: Family/Adult-Gerontological NP Role II–III
  • NURS 579: Advanced Diagnostics and Clinical Reasoning
  • NURS 548: DNP Organizational Behavior
  • NURS 634: Health Policy Formulation
  • NURS 651–653: DNP Scholarly Project I–III

More curriculum details are available here.

You Should Know
  • The published plan starts in fall. Admissions lists a spring intake (October 15 recommended deadline), but how a spring entrant joins a fall-locked sequence is not clearly stated.
  • Binghamton lists a separate online BS-DNP that began in fall 2026. Its plan, campus requirements, and clinical model are not yet published.
  • Curriculum plans are marked subject to change.

BS-DNP Clinical Requirements

  • Total: 1,200–1,380 clinical and project hours
  • FNP specialty clinicals: 660 hours (NURS 502: 60; 521: 60; 553: 120; 522: 60; 554: 120; 555: 120; 596: 120)
  • DNP practicum: NURS 650, 180 direct-care hours
  • Optional NURS 655: another 180 hours, required only for students who need more clinical hours
  • DNP project: 360 hours across NURS 651–653
  • Direct patient care: 840 hours, or 1,020 with NURS 655
  • Placement: made by Decker’s Clinical Placement Office through the clinical site coordinator
  • Students may suggest a site or preceptor; the coordinator must approve it
  • No placements at your own work site, with your own provider, or with a relative
  • Travel: some clinical sites are up to 150 miles away; transportation and parking are the student’s cost
  • Standardized-patient simulation in the SSH-accredited Innovative Simulation and Practice Center
  • New York prescribing continuing-education course required before NP Role I (student-paid)

The 660 FNP-specific hours sit above the 500-hour certification floor and in the common 600–700 range. The doctoral total rises to 840 direct-care hours with the practicum. The heaviest term is year 2 spring: 240 direct hours plus 120 project hours, about 24 hours a week over 15 weeks.

Binghamton places students rather than leaving the preceptor search to them. You skip the preceptor search, but you give up control over where you go. Final placement depends on student, course, preceptor, and agency needs, so expect some long drives.

You Should Know
  • The placement policy comes from the Graduate Student Handbook, which applies to all graduate nursing students. Its clinical policies were last reviewed in June 2020.
  • The handbook allows travel up to 150 miles. Decker’s cost page budgets for 75 miles each way. Ask which applies to your region.
  • How placement works for online BS-DNP students living far from Johnson City is not clearly stated.
  • NURS 502 must be passed the semester before NURS 521 and 553. A longer gap requires NURS 504, a 1-credit assessment refresher.
  • The criteria for requiring NURS 655 are not published. The catalog ties it to reaching 750 clinical hours, a figure the BS-DNP plan already exceeds.
  • Health, background-check, and license documents are tracked in Exxat and must be complete before any clinical course. Missing items block placement.
  • You need an RN license in the state where you do clinicals. New York clinicals require a New York RN license.

BS-DNP Admissions

Admission requires choosing a DNP project area up front and, in practice, holding a New York RN license.

  • BSN from an ACEN-, CCNE-, or CNEA-accredited program
  • GPA of 3.0 or higher
  • Current, unencumbered U.S. RN license (NURSYS verification)
  • Descriptive statistics course, grade C or better, within the past 5 years
  • 500-word personal statement naming a clinical interest and one of three DNP project areas
  • 3 letters from academic or supervisory references (coworkers and friends not accepted)
  • Résumé or CV
  • GRE not required
  • Deadlines: rolling, with March 15 (fall) and October 15 (spring) recommended each cycle
  • International F/J visa applicants are not eligible
You Should Know
  • The program page asks for a New York RN license before clinicals in New York facilities. The admissions record asks for it by matriculation. Plan on holding it at enrollment, especially for the online version.
  • Master’s-prepared NPs moving into family practice enter this track, not the certificate. Up to 8 credits may be waived based on prior coursework.
  • The program page lists a “graduate GPA” of 3.0 for BSN applicants. The university standard accepts an undergraduate, last-60-credit, or graduate GPA of 3.0.

Advanced Standing DNP, Family Nurse Practitioner

The estimated tuition for the Advanced Standing DNP at Binghamton University is approximately $42,330–$45,860 in-state or $53,250–$57,720 out-of-state (35–38 credits at $1,068/credit resident, plus fees). The program can generally be completed in about 2 years (4 semesters) full-time, or 3 years (6 semesters) on the part-time plan.

Program: DNP in Family Nurse Practitioner: Advance Standing

This track is for certified FNPs completing a doctorate. It does not prepare anyone for FNP certification.

Advanced Standing Curriculum

The plan is the BS-DNP’s doctoral layer without the FNP clinical sequence. Students take theory, evidence-based practice, diagnostics and clinical reasoning, organizational behavior, informatics, and policy, plus the three-course scholarly project. Students who already completed a 3-credit epidemiology and biostatistics course take a 1-credit version or an elective.

  • NURS 540: Elements of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (1–4 credits)
  • NURS 601: Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations of Nursing
  • NURS 610: Evidence-Based Practice
  • NURS 579: Advanced Diagnostics and Clinical Reasoning
  • NURS 548: DNP Organizational Behavior
  • NURS 615: Information Systems and Technology in Healthcare
  • NURS 634: Health Policy Formulation
  • NURS 651–653: DNP Scholarly Project I–III
You Should Know
  • Binghamton states this track’s credits four ways: 42 (program page), 35–38 and 40–42 (catalog), and 35–38 (curriculum plan). This page uses the curriculum plan. The catalog adds that Decker master’s graduates skip NURS 600.
  • An online version is listed and began in fall 2026. Its plan is not published.

Advanced Standing Clinical Requirements

  • Total: 540 clinical and project hours
  • DNP project: 360 hours across NURS 651–653
  • DNP practicum: NURS 650/655, 180 direct-care hours
  • Placement: same Clinical Placement Office model as the BS-DNP
  • Project committee includes one outside healthcare mentor
  • Campus: 0–1 days a week, tied mainly to NURS 634’s set campus sessions

Two-thirds of these hours are project hours, not patient care. The 180 practicum hours top up post-master’s practice hours toward the doctoral total.

You Should Know
  • The catalog says the practicum is required only for students who need more hours to reach 750 clinical hours. Both published plans include it for everyone. Ask how prior MSN hours are counted.

Advanced Standing Admissions

Admission is limited to nurses already licensed and certified as an NP or CNS in the same specialty.

  • MSN from an ACEN-, CCNE-, or CNEA-accredited program
  • Current, unencumbered U.S. NP or CNS license
  • Current national NP or CNS certification
  • Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
  • Same statement, statistics, recommendation, and résumé requirements as the BS-DNP
You Should Know
  • The admissions record requires a New York RN license by matriculation, stricter than the program page’s U.S. RN license.
  • An NP in another specialty who wants the FNP role must apply to the BS-DNP instead.

Post-DNP Advanced Certificate, Family Nurse Practitioner

The estimated tuition for the Advanced Certificate at Binghamton University is approximately $12,860–$18,280 in-state or $26,700–$38,050 out-of-state (21–30 credits at an assumed $471/credit graduate rate, plus fees). The program can generally be completed in about 2 years (4 semesters), or 1.5 years (3 semesters) when all three foundation courses are waived.

Program: Family Nurse Practitioner Advanced Certificate

Certificate Curriculum

The certificate is the BS-DNP’s FNP clinical spine taken alone. A gap analysis can waive the three foundation courses (assessment, pathophysiology, pharmacology), which drops the load from 30 to 21 credits. No clinical course from another school transfers.

  • Fall 1: NURS 502 Advanced Physical Health Assessment; NURS 518 Advanced Pathophysiology (6 credits)
  • Spring 1: NURS 519 Advanced Pharmacology; NURS 521 Nursing in Family Practice I; NURS 553 Family NP Role I (10 credits)
  • Fall 2: NURS 522 Nursing in Family Practice II; NURS 554 Family/Adult-Gero NP Role II (7 credits)
  • Spring 2: NURS 596 Nursing in Family Practice III; NURS 555 Family/Adult-Gero NP Role III (7 credits)

More curriculum details are available here.

Certificate Clinical Requirements

  • Total: 660 clinical hours (Binghamton’s stated total)
  • Clinical courses: NURS 502, 521, 553, 522, 554, 555, 596
  • Placement: made by the Clinical Placement Office; the certificate page adds that sites are arranged near the student when possible
  • Instruction: the same courses are taught traditionally on campus in the BS-DNP plan

At 660 hours, the certificate matches the BS-DNP’s FNP clinical volume and sits in the common 600–700 range. Placement is school-arranged, but location is not guaranteed.

You Should Know
  • The certificate’s course table lists NURS 596 at 60 hours, which sums to 600, not the stated 660. The BS-DNP plan lists NURS 596 at 120 hours, which supports 660.
  • Waiving NURS 502 also removes its 60 clinical hours. Whether those hours must be made up is not clearly stated.
  • The Graduate Student Handbook caps foundation-course transfers at two of three. The certificate page allows all three to be waived (the 21-credit floor). The certificate page is newer and program-specific, so this page uses it.
  • The certificate’s delivery format is not published separately. This page classifies it Hybrid from the BS-DNP plan’s campus-based versions of the same courses.

Certificate Admissions

This certificate accepts only DNP holders, and the fall 2026 cycle is closed.

  • DNP from an ACEN-, CCNE-, or CNEA-accredited program
  • Current, unencumbered U.S. RN license (NURSYS verification)
  • 2 letters from faculty or supervisors
  • 500-word statement on reasons for the certificate, background, and goals
  • Résumé or CV
  • Transcripts and syllabi for any foundation-course waiver request
  • Pharmacology older than 5 years must be retaken unless you have worked as an NP
  • GRE not required
You Should Know
  • The fall 2026 cycle closed. Binghamton has not stated when the next cycle opens.
  • The certificate’s admissions record copies BS-DNP criteria (BSN, statistics, DNP project essay). The program page’s DNP-holder criteria are used here.
  • If you hold another APRN license, your state board sets its own rules for adding a family population focus.

Tuition

Binghamton charges $1,068 per credit for DNP tuition (New York resident) and $1,380 per credit (non-resident) for fall 2026. At 12 or more credits, tuition caps at a flat $12,810 (resident) or $16,565 (non-resident) per semester. The certificate is estimated at the SUNY graduate rate of $471 per credit (resident) or $1,130 (non-resident).

Component (Fall 2026)ResidentNon-Resident
DNP tuition, per credit$1,068$1,380
DNP tuition, full-time (12+ credits)$12,810$16,565
Broad-based fees, per credit (under 9 credits)$139.95 + $10 flat$139.95 + $10 flat
Broad-based fees, 9+ credits$1,320$1,320
DNP full-time semester, all-in$14,130$17,885

Derived program totals:

  • BS-DNP: 6 full-time semesters × $14,130 = $84,780 resident; × $17,885 = $107,310 non-resident (about $1,101/credit all-in)
  • Advanced Standing (2-year plan): 35–38 credits × $1,068 plus fees = $42,330–$45,860 resident; $53,250–$57,720 non-resident
  • Certificate: 30 credits = $18,280 resident, $38,050 non-resident; 21 credits = $12,860 resident, $26,700 non-resident

Confirmed costs:

  • Fall 2026 DNP and graduate rate tables, including broad-based fees
  • Spring 2027 DNP rates unchanged from fall 2026
  • New York prescribing continuing-education course before NP Role I (fee not stated)

Be aware that:

  • The certificate’s billing tier is not stated. If it bills at the DNP rate instead of the graduate rate, the 30-credit total rises to about $36,190 resident.
  • Binghamton publishes a non-resident online rate policy, but no online DNP rate appears in the rate tables. Online students outside New York should confirm their rate.
  • The BS-DNP total assumes all six semesters stay at 12+ credits. A part-time schedule loses the flat-rate cap.
  • Handbook fees not included here: a one-time $90 Exxat fee, about $12 malpractice insurance per clinical course, and a $330 simulation fee in any semester with a simulation course.
  • Some courses carry other course-specific fees not included here.
  • Decker’s cost page budgets extra for clinical travel and a $1,000 uniform allowance.
  • The DNP rate rose about 2% from $1,047 per credit in summer 2025.

The flat-rate cap matters. A full-time BS-DNP student is billed for 72 credits of tuition, not 77. The larger cost question is residency: non-residents pay about $22.5K more for the BS-DNP.

Official rates: Doctor of Nursing Practice Tuition and Fee Rates: Fall 2026

Why Choose This FNP Program?

Best suited for nurses who already want a doctorate and can commit to a fixed, three-year full-time sequence in New York.

If you hold a BSN: The BS-DNP is your only FNP route here. It delivers 660 FNP clinical hours inside a doctoral program with a substantial leadership, finance, and policy layer. The in-state flat rate keeps the degree near $84.8K, and Decker places you in clinicals rather than making you find preceptors. The published plan asks for 1–2 campus days a week early on, so it works best within reach of Johnson City. The new online version may change that, but it has no public plan yet.

If you are already an NP: Your specialty decides the track. Current FNPs can finish a DNP in the Advanced Standing track in two years, mostly online, for about $42K–$46K in-state. NPs in other specialties cannot use the certificate. They re-enter through the BS-DNP, with up to 8 credits waived.

If you already hold a DNP: The certificate adds the FNP role for about $12.9K–$18.3K in-state. It is the lowest-cost path Binghamton offers, but applications are closed for fall 2026, and the next cycle is not announced.

Accreditation

The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accredits Binghamton’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post-graduate APRN certificate programs. That covers all three FNP tracks. CCNE’s next review is scheduled for June 2029.

Binghamton University is institutionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Institutional accreditation supports federal financial aid eligibility and credit recognition by other schools and employers.

The university is also approved as a degree-granting institution by the SUNY Board of Trustees and the New York State Board of Regents.

BS-DNP and certificate graduates are eligible for New York State FNP licensure and for the national FNP certification exam (AANP or ANCC).

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