University of Miami offers a 36-month Doctor of Nursing Practice in nurse anesthesia in Coral Gables, Florida. The program is front-loaded: classroom work comes first, then clinical rotations. The next class starts in January 2028. It received about 175 completed applications for roughly 40 seats, an acceptance rate near 23%. COA has granted continued accreditation (last reviewed October 2018, next review October 2028).
40 Everything CRNA Score
61 Admission Odds Index
34 Value Score
Ranked #98 of 122 programs in our Best CRNA Schools 2027 list.
Outcomes 45
Clinical 20
Value 19
Reputation 73
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How this program compares First-time NCE pass rate 92%
Median of all programs: 91.7%
Attrition 10%
Median of all programs: 2%
Acceptance rate 22.9%
Median of all programs: 18%
Total tuition and fees $163,451
Median of all programs: $124,736
Admissions funnel Completed applications 175
Seats 40
About 23% of applicants get a seat.
Where this program sits Total cost compared with all programs $100k $200k $300k Inter American University of Puerto Rico: $38k University of Kansas: $50k University of Nevada Las Vegas: $52k Florida Gulf Coast University: $53k UNC Greensboro: $56k East Carolina University: $56k University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus: $57k Arkansas State University: $62k University of North Florida: $69k UTHealth Houston: $70k Old Dominion University: $72k University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: $73k University of South Dakota: $73k Professional University Dr. Carlos J. Borrero Rios: $74k Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science: $74k Western Carolina University: $74k University of South Florida: $78k The University of Akron: $78k Northwestern State University: $79k National University: $82k The University of Tennessee Health Science Center: $83k Medical University of South Carolina: $84k Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center: $84k Florida International University: $85k UPMC Hamot: $86k University of Cincinnati: $87k University Health: $87k University of South Carolina: $89k University of Southern Mississippi: $91k Florida State University: $92k Augusta University: $93k Michigan State University: $93k University of Mississippi Medical Center: $94k Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center: $95k Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: $96k La Salle University: $97k Missouri State University: $98k Millikin University: $99k Yale New Haven Hospital: $99k Northern Kentucky University: $99k Youngstown State University: $100k The University of Alabama at Birmingham: $100k New Mexico State University: $101k Geisinger: $102k Hunter College: $102k University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: $105k Franciscan Healthcare: $105k York College of Pennsylvania: $106k California State University Fullerton: $106k Oakland University: $107k Saint Mary's University of Minnesota: $107k La Roche University: $109k University of Maryland: $109k The University of Scranton: $110k University of Mobile: $110k University of Charleston: $110k The University of Arizona: $111k University of Minnesota: $111k The University of Iowa: $112k Ohio University: $114k University of Michigan-Flint: $114k Bryan College of Health Sciences: $114k Samford University: $114k Rutgers University: $116k Rhode Island College: $116k Rocky Vista University: $116k Newman University: $117k University of Detroit Mercy: $117k Clarkson College: $117k Barry University: $118k Texas Wesleyan University: $118k Murray State University: $119k The University of Tennessee: $121k Marian University: $122k Bellarmine University: $124k Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College: $125k University of North Dakota: $125k Villanova University: $126k Oregon Health and Science University: $126k Idaho State University: $126k AdventHealth University: $126k Texas Christian University: $126k University of Texas Medical Branch: $127k University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh: $127k Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University: $128k Albany Medical College: $128k Keiser University: $129k Integrated Anesthesia Associates: $130k Carson Newman University: $130k University of Louisville: $131k The Ohio State University: $132k Webster University: $132k Lincoln Memorial University: $134k Virginia Commonwealth University: $136k Edgewood University: $136k Marquette University: $136k The University of Tulsa: $137k Rush University: $138k Independence Health System: $139k Mount Marty University: $140k Metropolitan State University: $140k Baylor College of Medicine: $143k Wayne State University: $144k South College: $145k West Virginia University: $145k Cleveland Clinic: $146k Union University: $148k ChristianaCare: $151k Mary Baldwin University: $152k Northeastern University: $152k Westminster University: $153k University of Pittsburgh: $155k University of the Incarnate Word: $156k Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia: $158k Cedar Crest College: $158k Fairfield University: $158k Loyola University of New Orleans: $159k University of Evansville: $161k Drexel University: $161k University of Texas at Tyler: $161k University of California Davis: $163k Duquesne University: $163k Endeavor Health: $166k UT Health San Antonio: $168k Roseman University of Health Sciences: $169k University at Buffalo: $170k Gonzaga University: $170k University of Illinois Chicago: $170k Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science: $170k Midwestern University: $172k Hofstra University: $175k Loma Linda University: $175k Thomas Jefferson University: $176k St. John Fisher University: $178k Ursuline College: $179k Wake Forest University School of Medicine: $181k Boston College: $188k George Fox University: $189k Case Western Reserve University: $193k Vanderbilt University: $194k Johns Hopkins University: $200k Georgetown University: $204k University of New England: $215k DeSales University: $216k University of Southern California: $226k Samuel Merritt University: $232k Emory University: $252k Columbia University: $254k University of Pennsylvania: $288k Duke University: $347k Median $125k University of Miami: $163k Number 29 of 151. 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NCE pass rate compared with all programs 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Inter American University of Puerto Rico: 60% University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: 65% West Virginia University: 73% Independence Health System: 76% Lincoln Memorial University: 76% La Roche University: 77% Union University: 77% Hofstra University: 78.9% The University of Tulsa: 80% Cedar Crest College: 80% US Army: 80% University of Charleston: 80% University of Kansas: 81% Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science: 81% Missouri State University: 81.8% Case Western Reserve University: 82% South College: 82% Arkansas State University: 82.7% University of Mobile: 83% Augusta University: 83% Loma Linda University: 84% Columbia University: 84% The University of Iowa: 85% Murray State University: 85% The University of Scranton: 85% Villanova University: 85% Mount Marty University: 85% Marian University: 85.7% Florida State University: 86% Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center: 86% University of North Dakota: 86% Thomas Jefferson University: 86% University of Pittsburgh: 86% Westminster University: 86.4% Samford University: 87% Metropolitan State University: 87% Bryan College of Health Sciences: 87% Western Carolina University: 87% Geisinger: 87% The University of Tennessee Health Science Center: 87% Franciscan Healthcare: 87% University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh: 87% Clarkson College: 87.5% Northwestern State University: 88% Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia: 88% University of Pennsylvania: 88.8% National University: 89% Rhode Island College: 89% University of South Dakota: 89% AdventHealth University: 89.6% University Health: 89.6% University of New England: 89.9% Florida Gulf Coast University: 90% Medical University of South Carolina: 90% Emory University: 91% Johns Hopkins University: 91% University of Detroit Mercy: 91% Saint Mary's University of Minnesota: 91% Duke University: 91% University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: 91% Wake Forest University School of Medicine: 91.4% Fairfield University: 92% Yale New Haven Hospital: 92% University of North Florida: 92% Rush University: 92% University of Southern Mississippi: 92% Webster University: 92% Albany Medical College: 92% UPMC Hamot: 92% Northern Kentucky University: 92.5% Oregon Health and Science University: 92.8% University of Minnesota: 93% Rutgers University: 93% Texas Wesleyan University: 93% Midwestern University: 94% Keiser University: 94% Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: 94% University of Evansville: 94% Boston College: 94% Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College: 94% Drexel University: 94% Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University: 94.4% Newman University: 94.7% California State University Fullerton: 95% Florida International University: 95% Wayne State University: 95% Michigan State University: 95% University at Buffalo: 95% Cleveland Clinic: 95% York College of Pennsylvania: 95% Texas Christian University: 95% University of South Florida: 95.5% Barry University: 95.6% The University of Alabama at Birmingham: 96% University of Southern California: 96% Samuel Merritt University: 96% University of Michigan-Flint: 96% Oakland University: 96% Virginia Commonwealth University: 96% Georgetown University: 97% Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science: 97% East Carolina University: 97% University of South Carolina: 97% Endeavor Health: 98% The University of Akron: 98% UTHealth Houston: 98% Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center: 99% Gonzaga University: 99.8% The University of Arizona: 100% Integrated Anesthesia Associates: 100% Millikin University: 100% University of Maryland: 100% Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: 100% Northeastern University: 100% UNC Greensboro: 100% University of Cincinnati: 100% Youngstown State University: 100% University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus: 100% The University of Tennessee: 100% Baylor College of Medicine: 100% Old Dominion University: 100% Marquette University: 100% Median 92% University of Miami: 92% Number 54 of 123. Each grey dot is one program; hover for names.
Acceptance rate compared with all programs 0% 25% 50% 75% Oregon Health and Science University: 5% Loyola University of New Orleans: 5.6% Murray State University: 6.1% Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science: 6.7% Fairfield University: 7% California State University Fullerton: 7.3% University of Mobile: 7.5% York College of Pennsylvania: 7.7% Florida Gulf Coast University: 8% Marquette University: 8% Mount Marty University: 8.9% Northwestern State University: 8.9% Midwestern University: 9% The University of Tulsa: 9.6% University of Minnesota: 9.7% Michigan State University: 10% Mary Baldwin University: 10% Thomas Jefferson University: 10.4% Duke University: 10.6% National University: 11.1% University of Southern California: 11.3% University at Buffalo: 11.3% Endeavor Health: 11.4% Case Western Reserve University: 11.4% Franciscan Healthcare: 11.4% UTHealth Houston: 11.4% University of Maryland: 12% Newman University: 12.3% Columbia University: 12.3% Emory University: 12.5% University of North Dakota: 12.5% Cleveland Clinic: 12.9% Saint Mary's University of Minnesota: 13.2% The University of Iowa: 13.3% University of Cincinnati: 13.3% Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University: 13.7% Western Carolina University: 14% University of Detroit Mercy: 14.3% Drexel University: 14.3% The University of Tennessee Health Science Center: 14.3% Loma Linda University: 14.5% Edgewood University: 14.6% Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center: 14.8% Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science: 15% Gonzaga University: 15% Independence Health System: 15.5% University of South Florida: 15.6% Wake Forest University School of Medicine: 15.8% Boston College: 15.9% Medical University of South Carolina: 16% Metropolitan State University: 16.5% Barry University: 16.5% Clarkson College: 16.7% Millikin University: 17% University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus: 17% Georgetown University: 17.5% Florida State University: 17.5% Samuel Merritt University: 18% Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College: 18% University of Pennsylvania: 18.1% Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: 18.3% Virginia Commonwealth University: 18.3% The University of Arizona: 18.6% University of New England: 18.9% Westminster University: 19% The University of Tennessee: 19.3% Bellarmine University: 20% The University of Scranton: 20% Rhode Island College: 20% Union University: 20% Arkansas State University: 20.1% Villanova University: 20.6% East Carolina University: 21.4% Baylor College of Medicine: 21.5% University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: 22.5% Oakland University: 22.7% Rutgers University: 23.2% University of South Carolina: 23.7% University Health: 23.8% University of Kansas: 24% Missouri State University: 24% University of Pittsburgh: 24.6% Inter American University of Puerto Rico: 25% The University of Akron: 25.3% Samford University: 25.6% Rush University: 26% Texas Wesleyan University: 26.2% University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: 26.7% Northern Kentucky University: 26.7% Northeastern University: 27% US Army: 28% University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh: 29.2% University of Michigan-Flint: 30% Geisinger: 30% Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia: 30% La Roche University: 30.8% Bryan College of Health Sciences: 31.5% University of Charleston: 31.6% AdventHealth University: 33.3% Marian University: 34% Webster University: 34.3% University of North Florida: 35% University of Southern Mississippi: 35% Texas Christian University: 35% Florida International University: 35.9% The University of Alabama at Birmingham: 36% UNC Greensboro: 38.9% Augusta University: 40% University of Evansville: 40% Youngstown State University: 40% UPMC Hamot: 40% Albany Medical College: 42.9% West Virginia University: 42.9% Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center: 43% Integrated Anesthesia Associates: 50% Old Dominion University: 83.3% Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: 94.6% Median 18% University of Miami: 22.9% Number 42 of 118. Each grey dot is one program; hover for names.
Class size compared with all programs 25 seats 50 seats 75 seats 100 seats Emory University: 10 seats Rhode Island College: 10 seats St. John Fisher University: 12 seats East Carolina University: 12 seats Edgewood University: 12 seats University of Mobile: 15 seats University of Minnesota: 15 seats Oregon Health and Science University: 15 seats Geisinger: 15 seats Inter American University of Puerto Rico: 15 seats West Virginia University: 15 seats Marquette University: 15 seats University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: 16 seats Loma Linda University: 16 seats University of Evansville: 16 seats The University of Iowa: 16 seats Case Western Reserve University: 16 seats La Salle University: 16 seats Franciscan Healthcare: 16 seats Millikin University: 17 seats University of New England: 17 seats York College of Pennsylvania: 17 seats University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus: 17 seats The University of Tennessee: 17 seats Boston College: 18 seats Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College: 18 seats Cleveland Clinic: 18 seats The University of Arizona: 19 seats Westminster University: 19 seats University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh: 19 seats The University of Tulsa: 19 seats Integrated Anesthesia Associates: 20 seats Bellarmine University: 20 seats Michigan State University: 20 seats University of Mississippi Medical Center: 20 seats University Health: 20 seats University of Cincinnati: 20 seats The Ohio State University: 20 seats Youngstown State University: 20 seats UPMC Hamot: 20 seats Drexel University: 20 seats La Roche University: 20 seats Professional University Dr. Carlos J. Borrero Rios: 20 seats The University of Tennessee Health Science Center: 20 seats Idaho State University: 21 seats Western Carolina University: 21 seats UTHealth Houston: 22 seats Newman University: 23 seats Florida Gulf Coast University: 24 seats Northern Kentucky University: 24 seats Loyola University of New Orleans: 24 seats Missouri State University: 24 seats Webster University: 24 seats New Mexico State University: 24 seats Albany Medical College: 24 seats University at Buffalo: 24 seats Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center: 24 seats Wake Forest University School of Medicine: 24 seats The University of Scranton: 24 seats Northwestern State University: 25 seats Johns Hopkins University: 25 seats University of Detroit Mercy: 25 seats Clarkson College: 25 seats University of North Dakota: 25 seats Ohio University: 25 seats Lincoln Memorial University: 25 seats Mary Baldwin University: 25 seats Old Dominion University: 25 seats University of Southern California: 26 seats Rush University: 26 seats Murray State University: 26 seats Thomas Jefferson University: 26 seats Gonzaga University: 26 seats Duke University: 26 seats Samuel Merritt University: 27 seats Northeastern University: 27 seats University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: 27 seats University of North Florida: 28 seats Bryan College of Health Sciences: 28 seats George Fox University: 28 seats University of Pennsylvania: 28 seats Baylor College of Medicine: 28 seats US Army: 28 seats Oakland University: 29 seats National University: 30 seats AdventHealth University: 30 seats University of Louisville: 30 seats University of Maryland: 30 seats University of Michigan-Flint: 30 seats Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science: 30 seats Independence Health System: 30 seats Union University: 30 seats Vanderbilt University: 30 seats University of Charleston: 30 seats Hofstra University: 31 seats Samford University: 32 seats Arkansas State University: 32 seats Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: 32 seats Medical University of South Carolina: 32 seats California State University Fullerton: 33 seats Saint Mary's University of Minnesota: 33 seats Metropolitan State University: 33 seats Virginia Commonwealth University: 33 seats Marian University: 34 seats Georgetown University: 35 seats Florida State University: 35 seats Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: 35 seats University of Southern Mississippi: 35 seats UNC Greensboro: 35 seats Midwestern University: 36 seats University of Kansas: 36 seats Rutgers University: 36 seats Villanova University: 36 seats Columbia University: 37 seats The University of Akron: 38 seats Endeavor Health: 40 seats Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University: 40 seats Mount Marty University: 40 seats University of Pittsburgh: 41 seats The University of Alabama at Birmingham: 45 seats Fairfield University: 45 seats University of South Carolina: 45 seats Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center: 52 seats Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science: 53 seats Florida International University: 55 seats University of South Florida: 60 seats Augusta University: 60 seats Texas Christian University: 70 seats Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia: 75 seats Barry University: 90 seats Texas Wesleyan University: 105 seats Median 25 seats University of Miami: 40 seats Number 14 of 132. 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Admission requirements Minimum GPA 3.00 source Bachelor's in nursing (BSN) required No source Nursing degree accreditation accepted Regional Minimum critical care experience 2 years source NICU experience accepted No PICU experience accepted Yes source ER experience accepted No GRE Not required source Shadowing Not required References 3 source TOEFL / IELTS (international applicants) TOEFL 550/80 · IELTS 6.5 source Applies through NursingCAS Yes source Applications open September 1, 2026 source Application deadline February 1, 2027 source Application fee $85 source Seat reservation deposit $3,000 source
Prerequisite courses Required: Statistics. No time limit on when prerequisites were taken.
Cost Tuition (in-state or single rate) $162,750 source Fees $701 source Total tuition and fees $163,451 source
Outcomes and class profile Class size 40 source Completed applications 175 Acceptance rate 23% Attrition 10% source First-time NCE pass rate 92% source Employed within 6 months 100% source Clinical sites 13 source Average cases per student 725 COA accreditation term 10 years source US News rank (2024) #33 source Established 2005 source
Program format Format Front-loaded source Hybrid courses No Online coursework No Distance learning No Post-master's certificate (PMC) option No
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