Nurse Anesthesia Specialization
Edwardsville, Illinois
Requirements at a glance
Min GPA3.00
Science GPANot stated
ICU minimum1 year
CCRNPreferred
GRENot stated
ShadowingNot stated
Details
- ICU experience
- Critical care managing invasive monitors, cardiac assist devices, ventilators, vasoactives; high acuity adult ICU preferred
- GPA details
- Undergrad nursing GPA; 3.5 preferred; science 3.25 preferred
- Prerequisites
- Physics, Organic chem or biochem, Statistics (C or better)
- Shadowing hours
- Not stated on the program site
- How to apply
- NursingCAS
- Deadline
- April 1 for class entering following May
- Interview
- By invitation only
- Tuition
- $73,040 total program tuition (80 credits at $913/credit), 2025-26 and 2026-27 rates, same for all residencies
- Class size
- Not stated on the program site
- Format
- Not stated on the program site
1 yr or 1,876 hrs part-time equivalent; 2+ yrs preferred.
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Sources and accuracy
Last verified: Oct 4, 2026
Requirements change every cycle. Always confirm with the program before applying. “Not stated” means we could not find it on the program’s official pages.
- siue.edu/academics/graduate/degrees-and-programs/nurse-anesthesia/admission-requirements.shtml
- siue.edu/academics/graduate/degrees-and-programs/nurse-anesthesia
Accreditation: Council on Accreditation (COA), last review June 2020, next review May 2030.
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