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Nurse Midwifery

Format & Location

On-Campus (Fairfield, CT)

School/College

Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies
Two students sit in front of a patient.

Start Dates

Summer (May) Full-Time, Fall (September) Part-Time

Application Deadline

Full-Time: Feb. 1 | Part-Time: May 1

Completion

24-36 months

Schedule

Full-Time or Part-Time

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Fairfield University’s 56-credit Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) in Nurse Midwifery may be completed as a two-year full-time or three-year part-time program, allowing flexibility to pursue advanced practice education in a format that fits your professional and personal life.

By the Numbers

#7

Nursing Midwifery Program in the United States
– U.S. News and World Report

Top 5%

Best Nursing Schools in the Nation
– College Factual

#55

Best Nursing Schools: Master's
– U.S. News and World Report

What You'll Learn and Do

Take your education into your own hands.

Students will gain hands-on experience providing gynecologic, antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, and breastfeeding care under Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) supervision. They will attend births in a variety of settings, focusing on normal physiological births and recognizing and co-managing high-risk obstetric and gynecologic cases within an interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Be prepared for certification.

Successful completion of the MSN degree in Nurse Midwifery at the Egan School prepares students—and qualifies them to sit—for the Certification Examination of the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB). In 2023, 2024, and 2025, Fairfield Egan midwifery graduates achieved a 100% AMCB pass rate.

 

Learn supportive midwifery care.

Fairfield Egan's holistic nurse midwifery curriculum embeds interprofessional healthcare education and trauma-informed care across the program, including palliative and supportive midwifery care during perinatal loss.

Add a year and earn a doctorate.

Graduates of the Egan School's MSN in Nurse Midwifery can step directly into Fairfield's Post-Master's Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program with no additional application. Full-time students can complete both programs in 36 months.

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See what your future holds.

Fairfield University's Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies programs use the latest in medical equipment, state-of-the-art facilities, and small classroom settings to provide a practical and engaging education for its students. See what opportunities await you at Fairfield Egan.

Learn From Industry Experts

Fairfield University’s Egan School boasts experienced faculty who inspire students to become leaders across social and healthcare environments. These students actively engage with faculty in practice, policy, scholarship, and service.

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Christa Esposito
Christa Esposito
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs | Interim Director, DNP Nurse Midwifery | Associate Professor, Nursing

Accreditation & Professional Standards

ACME

Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education

The midwifery program at Fairfield University is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME), 2000 Duke Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, (703) 835-4565, support@theacme.org.

Learn More About ACME Accreditation

The faculty of the Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies MSN-NM program adopts the Philosophy of Care from the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). The Egan School is committed to educating nurse midwives who are prepared to provide excellent midwifery care and who will serve as leaders in the healthcare setting. Our graduates will have a deep commitment to social justice and will be invested in improving care for women and families.

The Egan School believes that nursing midwifery education should be rooted in the science and art of midwifery, teaching students how to provide holistic, individualized, family-centered care, with an emphasis on shared decision-making and practicing according to evidence-based guidelines. The Egan School believes that it is important for interprofessional healthcare education and trauma-informed care to be woven throughout the holistic nurse midwifery curriculum. Our graduates will appreciate aspects of palliative and supportive midwifery care during perinatal loss.

The Egan School also believes midwifery education should foster a deepening of one’s commitment to caring for vulnerable populations. Our graduates will practice midwifery in effective and ethical ways in all settings, respecting the dignity of every person.

The MSN-NM curriculum at the Egan School prepares students to be eligible for the Certification Examination of the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB).

The graduating class of 2020 had a 100% AMCB pass rate.
The graduating class of 2021 had a 100% AMCB pass rate.
The graduating class of 2023 had a 100% AMCB pass rate.
The graduating class of 2024 had a 100% AMCB pass rate.
The graduating class of 2025 had a 100% AMCB pass rate.

*The Egan School goal for American Midwifery Certification Board pass rates within one year of graduation is >85%.

Enrollment, Graduation, and Attrition

Enrollment, Graduation, and Attrition table for Fall 2017 – 2024.
Information Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Fall 2024 Fall 2025
Number of students matriculating 4 4 3 2 4 3 4
Goal for on-time graduation 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75%
Attrition — who left the program 25% (n=1) 0% 33.3% (n=1) 0% 0% 0% 0%
Final graduation rate 75% 100% 66.6% 100% 100% All on track for May 2027 graduation All on track for May 2028 graduation
On-time graduation rate 100%
in May 2020		 100%
in May 2021		 100%
in May 2023		 100%
in May 2024		 100%
in May 2025		 All on track for May 2027 graduation All on track for May 2028 graduation

*Of note: No student began the midwifery program in 2019 or 2023.

News & Highlights

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Nurse midwifery professor/director and student performing a midwifery simulation with manakins as part of provider training.

Nurse Midwifery Program Mobilizes Simulation for Provider Training

As part of the Nurse Midwifery program at Fairfield Egan's ongoing effort to enhance clinical training, a mobile simulation event was successfully coordinated with.

Katherine Brennan '23

Nurse Midwifery Faculty Inspiring the Next Generation of Midwives

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