Birmingham, AL
University of Alabama at Birmingham offers a nurse anesthesia program awarding a DNP, based in Birmingham, AL.
As recorded in the CRNA Prep Hub directory — always confirm against the program.
Total tuition is listed at $60,000, or $20,000 per year across the 36-month program.
University of Alabama at Birmingham runs a front-loaded curriculum, with didactic coursework concentrated before clinical rotations begin.
University of Alabama at Birmingham publishes a minimum GPA of 3.0 and requires 11 months of critical care experience.
Listed prerequisite coursework: Anatomy and Physiology with labs, Microbiology, Chemistry with lab, Statistics.
Not required: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry.
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2 other nurse anesthesia programs in this state.
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