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Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is a prominent Lasallian Catholic private university operating its residential undergraduate college in Winona, Minnesota, and its major Schools of Graduate and Professional Programs campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Acclaimed for nurse anesthesia, business intelligence, clinical psychology, and physician assistant studies.
Saint Mary's Minneapolis campus is situated near the heart of the Twin Cities medical corridor, featuring the School of Health and Human Services with advanced clinical simulation suites, and the School of Business and Technology. Its Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia program is consistently ranked among the nation's best.
Undergraduate admissions evaluate high school GPA (minimum 2.5 recommended) with test-optional reviews. Professional healthcare degrees (CRNA, PA, PsyD) require accredited bachelor's or master's degrees with minimum 3.0 GPAs, prerequisite science coursework, and specialized clinical experience (such as 1-2 years ICU nursing for CRNA).
COA-accredited 36-month doctoral curriculum preparing Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) with clinical rotations across Mayo Clinic Health System, Abbott Northwestern, and Hennepin Healthcare.
Hands-on data analytics master's covering SQL data warehousing, predictive machine learning, Tableau/PowerBI business intelligence, and Python predictive modeling.
APA-accredited practitioner-scholar doctoral program educating clinical psychologists in multicultural counseling, neuropsychological assessment, trauma intervention, and psychotherapy.
Enterprise security degree covering network intrusion detection, incident response planning, regulatory compliance (NIST/ISO), cryptography, and ethical hacking.
CSWE-accredited clinical social work curriculum focusing on clinical mental health, community advocacy, trauma-informed child welfare, and addictions intervention in urban Minneapolis.
Graduate clinical research fellowship evaluating high-fidelity anesthesia simulation for difficult airway emergencies, malignant hyperthermia protocols, and hemodynamic stability.
President & Professor of Psychology
Office of the President
Father Burns is a licensed psychologist and academic executive researching character development, ethical leadership in Catholic higher education, and universit...
View researcher profile ↗Dean & Professor of Health and Human Services
School of Health and Human Services
Dr. Ries is an authority on physical therapy rehabilitation, fall prevention in older adults with cognitive impairment, and interprofessional clinical simulatio...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Business and Technology
School of Business and Technology
Dr. Nowakowski specializes in organizational leadership, predictive business analytics pedagogy, and strategic management in healthcare organizations....
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