Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Graduates of the DNP Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP-PC) Specialty are prepared for advanced nursing practice in a variety of settings with populations of infants, children and ...

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Completing an online nurse practitioner program puts current registered nurses (RNs) on track to a higher-paying career. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are advanced practice nurses who focus their careers ...

Graduates of the DNP Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) Specialty are prepared for advanced nursing practice to deliver primary health care with specialized knowledge of women's health. As ...

Winona State University was recently ranked number one for best nurse practitioner program in Minnesota by the 2025 registered nursing organization. Affordability, strong staffing and hands-on ...

Nurses in Ohio looking to advance their careers have a top-ranked option close to home. Ohio University’s online RN to BSN ...

For students drawn to patient care but not the long, costly road to becoming a doctor, two graduate-level paths stand out: nurse practitioner and physician associate. While both offer similar clinical ...

Bradley University’s online nurse practitioner program was awarded the top spot in an annual ranking of nursing programs in Illinois, according to nursing education and employment resource site ...

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing will launch a new Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program in fall 2025 to help meet urgent workforce needs across the region ...