This page was last updated in 2022.
As a CRNA student of Texas Wesleyan University’s Nurse Anesthesia Program, you’ll need to be on campus in Fort Worth Texas for the first 12 months of the program. After that, however, you can complete the program at one of their 19 clinical facilities spanning 9 states.
If you’re considering applying here, it will be a much easier process than at many other schools. Because it’s the largest program in the nation, they have streamlined their site and made the information very easy to find.
I’ve attempted to summarize it here with some of the quick facts to help you compare it to other schools you’re considering.
For complete details, please visit their program website.
Texas Wesleyan University Nurse Anesthesia Program
Graduate Programs of Nurse Anesthesia Building
1201 Wesleyan Street
Fort Worth, TX 76105
Contact Information
Terri Kane DNAP, CRNA, Program Director
ph:(817) 531-4406
email: tdkane@txwes.edu
Tommie Kates, Coordinator of GPNA
ph: (817) 531-4279
email: tkates@txwes.edu
Graduate Admissions
ph: (817) 531-4930
TF: 1-800-580-8980
graduate@txwes.edu
Quick Facts
CRNA Degree offered
Texas Wesleyan offers two degrees for nurse anesthesia:
Entry level Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice degree and a DNAP online completion program.
This page will discuss only the Entry level DNP program.
Program Length
36 months, full time
Credit Hours
92 credit hours
Starting Month
August
Application Deadline
Priority deadline is November 1st. The final application deadline will be December 1st. They will accept your application after this date but will start allocating seats once interviews start Oct 1-Jan 31.
Entire Cost of CRNA School for Texas Wesleyan University Nurse Anesthesia Program
Please note that tuition is calculated at the 2020 rate. Tuition at most schools increases slightly each academic year. Over the duration of the program, expect to pay 5-15% more than what is shown here. It is often difficult to calculate tuition.
Tuition: $105,248
Fees & Expenses: $10,856
Grand Total: $116,104
Here are the calculations: Texas Wesleyan lists tuition for this program at $1,144 per credit hour. At 92 credits, the total tuition is $105,248 (1,144*92). Fees ($82 per credit hour) + Technology fee ($36 per credit hour) = (82+$36)=118 fees and expenses * 92 credit hours = $10,856 + $105,248 = total tuition of $116,104
The tuition total seen above has been taken directly from the school’s website.
Class Size
105
Number of Applicants
460 apply, but not all applicants meet the minimum requirements. Only 300 are generally interviewed.
CRNA Training
Learn what standards CRNA Programs must meet in order to be accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia (COA).
Front Loaded Program
The first 12 months of Phase I all students will be required to study at our main campus in Fort Worth, Texas. For the last 4 months of Phase I, you have the option to stay at our main campus or finish at your assigned clinical site.
Clinical Sites
Next to each clinical site, you’ll see how many students are assigned to that clinical site per cohort. Check the program’s website to see see how big each hospital/ clinical site is, and how many cases the average student is given prior to graduation.
Alabama:
- Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, Mobile (6 students)
Arkansas:
- Baptist Medical Center, Little Rock (4-6 students)
- St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center, Jonesboro (4-5 students)
California:
- Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton (10-15 students)
Colorado:
- Denver Health Medical Center, Denver (3 students)
Kansas:
- Wesley Medical Center, Wichita (8 students)
- Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka (2-3 students)
Louisiana:
- LSU Medical Center, Shreveport (15 students)
North Dakota:
- CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck (4 students)
Ohio:
- Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton (4 students)
Texas: (30% of students will complete clinicals in Texas)
- Dallas, Texas: Dallas V.A. Hospital (2 students)
- Dallas, Texas: Baylor University Medical Center (2 students)
- Dallas, Texas: UT Southwestern Medical Center (2 students)
- Fort Worth, Texas: Baylor All Saints Health System (3 students)
- Fort Worth, Texas: Harris Methodist Hospital (12-15 students)
- Fort Worth, Texas: John Peter Smith Hospital (5 students)
- Fort Worth, Texas: Plaza Medical Center (2 students)
- Harlingen, Texas: Valley Baptist Medical Center (10 students)
- Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Health Science Center (2 students)
CRNA Program Requirements
Required Bachelor Degree
Bachelor’s degree from a fully accredited college or university. Because this is a competitive program, your nursing degree must have included clinicals and degrees must come from institutions that use a traditional grading system.
RN:
Current unrestricted RN license that is valid within one of the 50 states or U.S. territories. License must be free from probation, suspension or stipulations.
Critical Care:
Minimum of one year of full-time critical care experience. Must be within three years of your planned start date. Must be from a hospital in the U.S., U.S. territories or at a U.S. military hospital.
GPA:
GPA of 3.0 or greater (Overall or last 60 hours)
Science GPA of 3.0 or higher is strongly preferred.
GRE:
GRE scores, combined Verbal and Quantitative score of 300 strongly preferred.
Certifications:
- ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
- PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
- CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse) required
CRNA Educational Requirements
- Complete a college-level chemistry course (no lab required) with a grade of B or higher within three years of your program start date
- Recommended course: General Chemistry I or II, Organic Chemistry I or II, or BioChemistry
- Complete a college-level algebra course with a grade of B or higher
- A statistics course cannot be substituted for algebra
Texas Wesleyan University Nurse Anesthesia Program
CRNA School Performance
Accredited CRNA Programs are reviewed regularly.
Texas Wesleyan University Nurse Anesthetist Program was last reviewed 10/2011. It was given 10 years accreditation and will be reviewed again 5/2022. This shows that the program is in full compliance with the COA’s accreditation standards at the time of the review.
Pass Rate for CRNA Boards at Texas Wesleyan University
First Time Test Taker: 82% (2020). Pass rate within six months of graduation: 98%
National Average: 84.8%
MSNA Program Completion Rate: 93.0% (2020), 91.0% (2019)
Employment rate: 100%
Attrition Rate: 7% (2020), 9% (2019).
CRNA Salaries
An average nurse anesthetist salary in Texas Wesleyan University Nurse Anesthesia Program, Texas.
The average Texas CRNA salaries are lower than the national average with an annual mean wage of $167,020.
An average annual nurse anesthetist salary in the US is $181,040 (according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 study)
Holidays
All information given on this site about Texas Wesleyan University Nurse Anesthesia Program was taken directly from their Website.
Salaries pulled from Bureau of Labor Statistics
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