Online Master of Science in Nursing

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CCNE
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MSN/MBA
Dual Option

2 Year
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Enter the Upper Echelons of Your Profession

An online Master of Science in Nursing in Nursing Leadership from Benedictine University prepares you to take an advanced role in your field. Whether leading a team of clinical providers or taking on a managerial role in quality and safety, you’ll find yourself in a position to have a positive impact on those you serve.

Designed for current RNs, our CCNE-accredited online program provides flexibility so you can learn when and where it’s best for you. Complete the on-ground practicum with a preceptor who is an experienced professional in your local area.

  • BenU Ranked Among the 2025 Best Regional Universities in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report.1
  • Benedictine University earned the 2025-2026 silver award for being Military Friendly.®2
  • Benedictine’s M.S.N. online curriculum aligns with the education standards specified by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
  • Named one of the Best Online Nursing Master’s Programs for 2026 by The Princeton Review.3

Choose a Future-Focused Nursing Degree

Changing laws, evolving technologies and business models in health care have created an in-demand role for nurse leaders. Develop competencies for your desired career path with an online graduate nursing degree from BenU.

Gain expertise in collaboration, organization, communication, and critical and strategic thinking. You’ll be able to manage a department within a large health care organization, manage a health care clinic, oversee business aspects of nursing departments and develop service lines.

The BenU online dual MSN/MBA degree pairs a comprehensive understanding of advanced nursing practice, with the managerial and critical thinking skills of business. The program is completed in just 18-21 courses to finish the program, as opposed to the 20-24 courses required for students earning each degree separately.

A Place to Belong

Benedictine University is a top-tier private university with a reputation for excellence. With a commitment to hospitality, stewardship, and real-world outcomes, we’re not just handing out credentials; we strive to accompany you through one of the most important transformations of your life. For students in Illinois and nationwide, your online classroom experience is just the beginning. You’ll be a valued member of our community long after graduation.

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Your Future, Your Pace

At Benedictine, you’ll never trade support for convenience. Our online learning is built to meet you where you are, giving you more say in how earning your degree fits into your lifestyle. Through proactive check-ins, career coaching, and peer mentorship, we give you all the guidance you’d find on campus. Devoted professors and student services coordinators are with you every step of the way.

A Curriculum That Builds Leaders

Earning an online MSN from Benedictine University takes commitment, foresight, ambition and a willingness to learn. It’s no coincidence that these are also the qualities of leadership. As a BenU student, you are just not taught to lead–you’re expected to. Our curriculum is designed and taught by expert nurse educators. We provide a transformative and integrative educational experience that thoroughly prepares you for your career while helping you shape a life of meaning and purpose as an engaged citizen and effective health care professional.

NRHL 5726 Professionalism and Leadership in Nursing

Utilizes self-reflection to advance personal and professional leadership development. Analyzes the nurses’ role in accountability and commitment to developing and conveying professional identity. Demonstrates leadership in advancing the profession of nursing by being a role model, promoting lifelong learning, personal health and wellbeing, and becoming a mentor.

NRHL 5720 Financial Management in Healthcare Systems

Analyzes essential budget and financial knowledge for nurse leaders. Evaluates the cost of care and reimbursement, space needs, staffing costs, and the financial impact of adverse events on the organization. Students will evaluate the need for interprofessional collaboration to provide safe quality care and control costs. Students will examine the role of the M.S.N. leader as a financial steward, collaborator, mentor, and advocate for safe quality care to improve outcomes.

NRHL 5702 Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing

Engages in the use of research and evidence to improve outcomes for patients, families and communities. Students will differentiate research studies from quality improvement projects and determine which is best to implement to address a practice issue. Students will explore the use of models to guide a project and evaluate the M.S.N. leader’s role in research and evidence-based practice.

NRHL 5706 Leading an Environment of Quality and Safety

Leads team-based change initiatives grounded in quality and process improvement methods. Based on the integration of outcomes metrics students will initiate recommendations for policy change. Leading the dissemination of outcomes, students will have the opportunity to advance quality improvement practices. Students assume an advocacy role for initiatives that support a culture of work environment safety.

Advanced Nursing Credentials are in Demand

If you’d like to boost your nursing salary potential and career advancement opportunities, a master’s degree in nursing can help you get there. Indeed states that nurses with their master’s degree gain more specialized skills and can increase their salaries in a larger variety of positions, such as a nurse leader and nurse manager.4

These positions are in high demand. The AACN reports that the current demand for master’s-prepared nurses far exceeds the supply of qualified applicants. Even so, only about 17% of registered nurses had master’s degrees in 2022.5

Top positions for MSN grads

  1. Chief Nursing Manager
  2. Director, Nursing
  3. Director, Clinical Services
  4. Quality Management Director

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Sources

  1. “Best Regional Universities Midwest Rankings,” U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved on November 20, 2024, from https://www.usnews.com/.
  2. “Benedictine University,” Military Friendly®. Retrieved on December 9, 2024, from https://militaryfriendly.org.
  3. Princetonreview.com. Retrieved March 25, 2026, from https://www.princetonreview.com.
  4. Indeed. “20 Benefits of Earning a Master’s Degree in Nursing.” August 15, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024, from https://www.indeed.com/.
  5. American Association of Colleges of Nursing. “Nursing Workforce Fact Sheet.” April 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2025, from https://www.aacnnursing.org.