Maryland publishes a full-program estimate of $111,905 for residents and $181,190 for non-residents, so establishing residency is worth more here than at most schools. The 93-credit DNP runs 36 months, takes up to 30 students a year, and closes on July 1 for the summer 2027 cycle, with June 1 strongly recommended. You need two years of continuous full-time ICU experience and the CCRN, and the 2025 cohort passed the National Certification Exam at 100% on the first attempt.
Every figure on this page was read off University of Maryland'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 Maryland CRNA Program: Key Facts
| Degree awarded | Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) |
|---|---|
| Program length | 36 months (3 years, full-time) |
| Credits | 93 |
| Start | June (summer) |
| Application deadline | July 1, for the Summer 2027 cycle (early submission by June 1 strongly recommended) |
| Minimum ICU experience | 2 years (continuous full-time) |
| CCRN | Required |
| GRE | Not required |
| Minimum GPA | 3.0 minimum (3.25 preferred overall and science) |
| Class / cohort size | Up to 30 students/year |
| Format | Blended (mostly face-to-face; some non-anesthesia classes online) |
| Tuition (in-state) | $926/credit hour |
| Tuition (out-of-state) | $1,643/credit hour |
| Tuition (as published) | Total program (3 yrs, full-time), 2026-27 estimate: Resident $111,905.00; Non-Resident $181,190.00 |
| NCE first-time pass rate | 100% (2025 cohort) |
| Attrition | 2% (most recent reported) |
| Employment | 100% within 6 months of graduation |
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 two years of continuous full-time experience. 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 a 3.0 minimum, with 3.25 preferred overall and in science. 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: Not required.
Published prerequisites
- Current U.S. RN license
- CCRN certification
- At least 2 years continuous full-time ICU experience
- Undergraduate cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 (preferred 3.25 overall / 3.25 science)
- Preferred: Undergraduate/Graduate Organic Chemistry or Biochemistry completed within the last five years
Deadline and Timeline
Applications close July 1 for the summer 2027 cycle, with submission by June 1 strongly recommended, and the program starts in June.
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
$111,905 for residents and $181,190 for non-residents across the whole program, as a 2026-27 estimate. Per credit hour that is $926 for residents and $1,643 for non-residents.
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: 100% for the 2025 cohort
Attrition: 2% on the most recent report
Employment: 100% within six months
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 Maryland Compares in Maryland
Apply in-state where you can, since residency usually moves tuition more than any other lever. See all Maryland CRNA programs, or start with these:
| Program | City | Degree | Cost | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | DNP | $155,000 | 7% |
| Uniformed Services University (USU) | Bethesda | 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 Maryland'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.
- https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/academics/doctoral/dnp/dnp-nurse-anesthesia/
- https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/tuition
Programs change requirements and prices between admission cycles. If something here no longer matches the program site, tell us and we will fix it.