Frontier Nursing University (FNU)

Frontier Nursing University was founded in 1939 by Mary Breckinridge and was originally established as the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery. She had a vision of educating nurse-midwives to improve the healthcare of women and families in rural America. FNU has since grown to become one of the largest not for profit universities in the United States for advanced nursing and midwifery education.

Vision:
To continually improve our status as a center of excellence for Midwifery and Nurse Practitioner Education.

Mission:
Frontier Nursing University is a private, non-profit, non-residential graduate school of nursing offering community-based, distance education programs leading to the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, the Master of Science in Nursing Degree and/or post-graduate certificates in advanced practice nursing specialties. Our mission is to educate nurses to become competent, entrepreneurial, ethical and compassionate nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners who are leaders in the primary care of women and families with an emphasis on underserved and rural populations​.