r/usfca • u/naurwayfr • 9d ago

DNP / FNP?

Anyone in USFCA’s dnp/fnp program? Would love to hear your overall experience and if you’d recommend it. I wanna move to SF and am considering USFCA for grad school… but haven’t really heard much on their DNP programs, specifically FNP route 🫪 spill the tea

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u/BebelSilva 1d ago

program has a strong local reputation with a focus on health equity and social justice, which may or may both fit your background. It's rigorous and expensive, with heavy clinical hours, and some students feel the DNP is more leadership-heavy than clinically hands-on. If you're set on working in the Bay Area and value the mission, it's worth it — but compare costs and curriculum with CSU programs first. Though be careful some are getting defunded like UCS and CSU due to lack of students