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Mayo Clinic Nurse Anesthesia Program
Rochester, Minnesota · DNAP
Overview
Rochester, Minnesota 39-month DNAP with one of the lowest sticker costs in the country at $72,691 all-in (tuition, fees, books, exams). The program qualifies for a tuition-free Education for Employment Agreement requiring a 24-month post-graduation work commitment at Mayo Clinic.
Annual case volume
~80,000 anesthetics at Mayo Rochester
Total program cost (all-in)
$72,691
Class size
Up to 30/year
Application window
April 1 – June 1
Next accreditation review
October 2026 (2-year continued accreditation)
- Tuition-free option available via 24-month employment agreement post-graduation.
- Clinical credits carry no charge; only didactic credits are tuition-billable.
- All didactic and most clinical training on one campus within one-mile radius.
- 8-week off-campus rotation in final 12 months; Mayo provides furnished housing.
- COA granted only 2-year continued accreditation (Oct 2024); deficiencies noted in Standards A, C, E, G, H.
Identity
- Location
- Rochester, Minnesota
- Degree
- DNAP
Format
- Type
- Integrated
- Length
- 39 mo
- Online
- In-person
Cost
- Tuition
- $72,691
Requirements
- Min GPA
- 3.3
- Min Sci GPA
- 3.3
- GRE
- Not required
- CCRN
- Preferred
- ICU
- 24 mo
- Shadowing
- Recommended
- Refs
- 2
Logistics
- Class
- Not published
- NursingCAS
- No
- Opens
- April 1
- Closes
- June 1
- Rolling
- No
- Interview
- Interviews are held in the fall after the application period ends; final candidates are selected after all interviews are completed
Outcomes
- NCE pass
- 83%
- Attrition
- 0%
- Employment
- Not published
Accreditation
- Accreditation
- Not published
- Next review
- Not published
- Status detail
- Not published
- Last review
- Not published
Prereqs
- Prereq detail
- Required undergraduate or graduate coursework in Anatomy, Chemistry, and Physiology; organic chemistry is preferred but not required. No specific credit-hour minimum, course-recency requirement, minimum-course-grade, or formal course-substitution policy is published on the Mayo Clinic application page; admission GPA thresholds are stated separately as a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 and minimum science GPA of 3.25.
Contact
- Contact
- Erin Martin
- martin.erin17@mayo.edu