Cincinnati charges Ohio residents $8,359 a semester at full-time load and non-residents $14,228, across nine semesters. The recommended GPA is 3.4 overall and 3.4 in science, noticeably above the usual 3.0 floor, and the CCRN is required. Its 2025 graduates passed the National Certification Exam at 92% on the first attempt with zero attrition across two consecutive cohorts.
Every figure on this page was read off University of Cincinnati's own pages on 22 September 2026. Where the program publishes nothing, this page says so rather than guessing. The National Certification Exam, or NCE, is the exam every graduate has to pass, and a program that publishes its first-time pass rate is handing you the single most useful number it has.
University of Cincinnati CRNA Program: Key Facts
| Degree awarded | Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) |
|---|---|
| Program length | 36 months (nine semesters) full-time |
| Credits | Not published — verify on the program site |
| Start | Spring semester only |
| Application deadline | Priority: Oct. 1, 2026; Standard: Mar. 1, 2027 (2026-2027 cycle) |
| Minimum ICU experience | 1 year minimum, within the past two years |
| CCRN | Required |
| GRE | GRE scores submitted (code 1833) — page does not state waiver conditions |
| Minimum GPA | 3.4 overall and 3.4 science (recommended, on 4.0 scale) |
| Class / cohort size | 29 students entered (2023-2025 cohort) |
| Format | Combines didactic and practical onsite experiences |
| Tuition (in-state) | $8,359 per semester, full-time (Ohio Resident, 2026-2027 rates) |
| Tuition (out-of-state) | $14,228 per semester, full-time (Non-Resident, 2026-2027 rates) |
| Tuition (as published) | Not published as a total; page gives per-semester rates only (also Metro Resident KY/IN: $8,609/semester) |
| NCE first-time pass rate | First-time 92%, overall 100% (2025) |
| Attrition | 0% (2022-2024 and 2023-2025 cohorts) |
| Employment | 100% within 6 months (2025) |
Anything marked “Not published” is genuinely absent from the program's own pages. Programs are not required to publish tuition, cohort size or acceptance rate, and many do not. We would rather leave a gap than fill it with a third-party guess.
Admission Requirements
The critical-care floor is one year, earned within the past two years. That is the hard rule, and a file sitting exactly on it is eligible rather than competitive — committees read high-acuity time in a CVICU, SICU, trauma or neuro unit very differently from a monitored floor.
On grades the program asks for 3.4 overall and 3.4 in science, recommended rather than a hard floor. Treat that as a screen rather than a target, because admitted classes at doctoral programs usually sit well above the stated floor and science coursework is weighed separately.
CCRN: Required.
GRE: Scores are submitted under code 1833. The page states no waiver conditions..
Published prerequisites
- Chemistry
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Pharmacology
- Statistics (minimum B/3.0)
- Current CCRN Certification
- Current AHA ACLS Provider Certification
- GRE scores
Deadline and Timeline
Applications close October 1, 2026 for priority consideration, or March 1, 2027 standard, and the program starts in the spring semester.
Deadlines move year to year, and a doctoral cohort is usually decided nine to twelve months before it starts. Confirm the current cycle on the program site before you plan around this date. Our CRNA application timeline works backwards from a start date through references, shadowing, CCRN and transcripts.
Cost
$8,359 a semester for Ohio residents and $14,228 for non-residents, at 2026-27 rates, across nine semesters. Cincinnati publishes no single total.
Tuition is not the whole number. Fees, health insurance, board-exam and licensure costs, relocation and the lost income of three years out of a staff job all land on the same ledger. Our CRNA school cost guide works through the full picture, and cheapest CRNA programs ranks by published tuition.
Outcomes
First-time NCE pass rate: 92% first-time for 2025, with a 100% overall pass rate
Attrition: zero across the 2022-2024 and 2023-2025 cohorts
Employment: 100% within six months in 2025
These three figures are worth more than any ranking. COA requires accredited programs to publish them, and read together they tell you whether a program gets the people it admits through to a licence. National context: the first-time NCE pass rate was 90.5% in 2025 (NBCRNA), with a five-year average of 86.6%.
How University of Cincinnati Compares in Ohio
Most applicants apply to four to eight programs, so University of Cincinnati is a comparison, not a decision. See all Ohio CRNA programs, or start with these:
| Program | City | Degree | Cost | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland | DNP | $135,000 | 11% |
| Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (Case Western Reserve) | Cleveland | DNP | Varies | N/A |
| Lourdes University | Sylvania | DNP | Varies | N/A |
Cost and acceptance in that table are directory figures rather than program-verified ones. "Varies" and "N/A" mean the program publishes neither.
Sources and How We Verified This
Every figure above was read off University of Cincinnati's own pages on 22 September 2026. Accreditation status and review dates come from the COA list of accredited programs. We publish no number we could not read at its source.
Programs change requirements and prices between admission cycles. If something here no longer matches the program site, tell us and we will fix it.