CRNA Schools in Washington, DC: Georgetown DNAP Guide

The list of CRNA schools in Washington, DC is short: Georgetown University is the one DC-based entry-to-practice nurse anesthesia program in the current COA directory. Its Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice is a three-year, full-time pathway, with a classroom-heavy first year and faculty-assigned clinical placements across DC, Maryland and Virginia. Programs based in nearby Maryland or Virginia are separate regional alternatives. They don't count as extra DC schools.

The practical questions here are the conditional GRE requirement, chemistry timing, the two-year experience rule and what it costs to get yourself to clinicals across the region. Georgetown program, COA directory

What does Georgetown's entry DNAP involve?

Item	Current information	What it means for you
Degree and length	DNAP; three years full time	Don't budget around part-time completion or an unchanged nursing work schedule
Curriculum	Published plan totals 70 credits across nine semesters	Clinical obligations aren't measured by credit count alone
Opening phase	First 12 months emphasize didactic coursework, simulation and anatomy/cadaver lab	Campus attendance matters when choosing housing
Clinical phase	Years two and three; faculty assign regional sites	A campus commute doesn't describe every clinical trip
Summer 2027 application	Priority August 15; final October 15, 2026	That cycle has closed. Georgetown's deadline is October 15 each year for the next summer's start

Sources: curriculum, admissions.

Use the Georgetown profile to keep confirmed requirements next to your shortlist. And don't read the small academic credit count (smaller than some other doctorates) as a sign of a shorter or easier clinical pathway.

Which GPA and GRE rules apply?

Georgetown requires minimum cumulative and science GPAs of 3.0. You need GRE scores from within five years if your undergraduate cumulative GPA is below 3.5. That's a conditional rule, so it doesn't fit under "GRE required for everyone" or "no GRE." A stronger graduate GPA doesn't automatically change the undergraduate trigger unless the program decides it does.

The current checklist requires a nursing baccalaureate or master's degree, institutional accreditation and an unencumbered U.S. RN license. It asks for a CV, a statement of purpose of no more than 500 words, and three recommendations, including a direct supervisor and an academic educator. If a professor isn't available, the program allows a nurse, unit or clinical educator to fill that role. An additional mission-focused statement is optional and highly encouraged. Georgetown application requirements

Minimums are eligibility screens. They don't tell you your odds of admission. Georgetown's FAQ says enrolled students average a 3.7 cumulative and 3.5 science GPA, and around 350 people apply for roughly 35 seats each summer. Those are averages, not cutoffs, and they can't predict how any one applicant will do.

Which prerequisite courses need approval?

Use the prerequisite guide to get an answer about your exact course, level, credits, grade and dates before you pay for a replacement.

How much ICU experience must you have?

Georgetown requires at least two years of full-time critical care nursing experience before matriculation. That's double the national one-year minimum, and its FAQ adds that competitive applicants generally have three to four years of ICU experience. If you'll only reach two years right around the summer start, get a written answer before you apply.

Adult surgical ICU is preferred, and other ICUs are acceptable. If your experience is neonatal, pediatric, emergency department or flight, ask the program for an individual review of your unit and responsibilities. The FAQ also requires at least two years of U.S. RN experience for internationally educated applicants. Ask how that applies to your record and timeline.

CCRN certification and shadowing aren't among Georgetown's listed admission requirements. Georgetown experience FAQ

Which application dates and transcript rules matter?

The Summer 2027 cycle's final deadline was October 15, 2026. August 15 was the priority date. It wasn't the only date you could submit. No interview invitations go out before the priority date passes. Georgetown's FAQ gives an annual October 15 deadline for the following summer's start.

You upload unofficial transcripts from every undergraduate and graduate school you attended. After you accept an offer, the admissions instructions require final official records. That's a different process from sending official transcripts through NursingCAS, because Georgetown's own graduate application is the one that controls.

Keep track of recommendation completion and any outstanding course evidence alongside your submission status. If a recommender's request failed, the admissions page gives a specific backup route. Use the program's route. Don't invent a different way to submit.

How much does Georgetown's DNAP cost?

Georgetown's 2026-2027 cost-of-attendance page has a separate DNAP table. Its three class-year columns list:

Budget category	DNAP year one	DNAP year two	DNAP year three
Tuition and mandatory fees	$111,489	$54,419	$32,355
Indirect allowances subtotal	$41,370	$43,530	$44,605
Total cost-of-attendance illustration	$152,859	$97,949	$79,960

Added together, the direct-charge columns come to $198,263, and the total attendance illustrations come to $330,768. Those sums come from one academic-year budget table. They aren't guaranteed future cohort charges. The listed tuition rates are $2,652 per credit for Summer 2026 and $2,758 for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027. Georgetown DNAP cost-of-attendance table

Ask financial aid how each year's column maps to your cohort's actual semesters. Don't multiply all 70 credits by one rate, since tuition is charged at the rate for each term.

Indirect allowances cover housing/food, personal expenses, books, transportation and licensing. An allowance doesn't promise your real costs will fit inside it, or that borrowing will cover the whole amount. Ask for a current aid offer and a budget for your actual start term. The program FAQ notes that most students lean on federal loan eligibility first, but your own aid offer is what sets your funding.

How will clinical geography affect housing and work?

Georgetown's FAQ says you can't work during the program because of the academic and clinical demands. It describes a clinical/research phase with 50 to 60 hours a week plus call. So build your plan around the school's real requirements, without counting on regular paid shifts to cover the gap.

Sites span DC, Maryland and Virginia, with locations from Baltimore to Richmond. The FAQ says you'll need a car for the clinical phase and that student parking isn't available on campus. That makes "living near Georgetown" only one piece of your transportation plan. Before you sign a lease, ask about assigned sites, reporting times, parking and licensing. Housing and clinical FAQ

What do accreditation and outcomes show?

Georgetown describes continued COA accreditation through 2034. Its current program page reports 2026 first-attempt NCE success of 97% and attrition of 6%. Georgetown current outcomes

Don't let the program's five-year averages stand in for those individual cohort results. And with only one program in DC, there's no reason to invent a "highest ranked locally" verdict. Compare actual requirements, budgets and training arrangements with Maryland and Virginia programs through the national directory, and save every confirmed answer in the free School Database. That way, when you sit down to decide, you're working from what each school actually told you.