Executive Certificate in Nursing Educational Leadership

What Will You Study in Liberty University’s Executive Certificate in Nursing Educational Leadership?

In this Executive Certificate, you can learn how to:

• Act as a professional nursing leader, role model, and mentor for those who wish to pursue advancement in nursing.
• Advocate for policies and programs that improve health outcomes for individuals and communities.
• Apply ethical decision-making and values to the nursing profession based on a biblical worldview.
• Educate the next generation of nurse scholars to add to the global community of nursing professionals.
• Synthesize the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of nursing in the practice of research.

In this program, you can learn to design and lead effective nursing education programs for the next generation of medical professionals. Your coursework can help you become a principled professional who is equipped to implement change and improvements to nursing education. Through multidisciplinary courses and online interactions with your professors throughout the program, you can work to develop the skills to lead and collaborate with healthcare teams and create positive change.

Potential Careers for Executive Certificate in Nursing Educational Leadership Graduates

• Health policy advocate
• Hospital administrator
• Nurse scientist
• Nursing professor/faculty member
• Nursing researcher

Some of these occupations may require that you have a Ph.D. That’s why Liberty created Executive Certificates that can seamlessly transfer into one of our corresponding doctoral programs. So if you are looking to further your studies after completing your Executive Certificate in Nursing Educational Leadership, you can potentially transfer all 21 credits into our Ph.D. in Nursing – Nursing Education!

Benefits of Pursuing Your Executive Certificate in Nursing Educational Leadership with Liberty University

As a leader in distance education since 1985, we understand what it takes to create a flexible and affordable education for busy people. Since we have been investing in distance and online learning for decades, our experience has taught us how to streamline our degree options so you can focus on what really matters to you. While many schools offer online degrees, we believe Liberty stands out.

Here’s what sets us apart:

• Our online programs are backed by our brick-and-mortar campus – ranked as Niche.com’s #2 Best College Campus in America for 2026 – and that commitment to excellence extends to our online students as well. Earning your certificate from a nonprofit university with this kind of recognition can help set you apart from others in your field.
• Most of our online tuition rates rank in the top 35% for affordability for 2025 when compared to our leading online competitors. As a nonprofit university, Liberty continues to strive to keep costs low for our students!
• Liberty’s state-of-the-art digital resources can help provide the tools you need to engage in top-tier scholarly research.

Military Benefits

Service is important to us, so whether you’re currently serving in the Armed Forces, have served, or are married to someone who serves, we’re here to serve you. Liberty’s military benefits are available to:

• Active duty service members of the U.S. Armed Forces
• Reserve/National Guard
• Veterans/retirees
• Spouses of service members and veterans/retirees
• Current Department of Defense employees

We are proud to support you in your pursuit of a flexible and affordable online education by offering you the following benefits:

• Tuition discounts – $375 per credit hour for postgraduate courses
• 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)

Please note: The $375/credit hour doctoral military rate cannot be combined with the First Responder Discount.