What Should I Major in to Become a Nurse Practitioner?
These college majors are closest related to this career (actual program names will vary from school to school).
- Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
- Critical Care Nursing
- Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing
- Family Practice Nurse/Nursing
- Geriatric Nurse/Nursing
- Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
- Nursing Practice
- Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other
- Women's Health Nurse/Nursing
Required Education
Master's Degree usually needed for this career
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- Occupational Therapists
- Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Radiation Therapists
- Recreational Therapists
- Respiratory Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Exercise Physiologists
- Therapists, All Other
- Art Therapists
- Music Therapists
- Veterinarians
- Registered Nurses
- Acute Care Nurses
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
- Critical Care Nurses
- Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Nurse Anesthetists
- Nurse Midwives
- Audiologists