Frontier Nursing University

Frontier Nursing University is a private nonprofit four-year institution located in Versailles, Kentucky, situated in a rural fringe setting. The university specializes in distance-accessible graduate nursing and midwifery education, enrolling 3,181 students (IPEDS 2023). Frontier Nursing University is one of the nation's oldest and most established institutions focused exclusively on nursing and midwifery graduate education.

The university offers programs including Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery, Women's Health Nurse/Nursing, and Family Practice Nurse/Nursing, all at the bachelor's level and beyond. These programs are designed to train advanced practice nurses and certified nurse-midwives to serve patients particularly in underserved and rural communities.

Versailles is located in Woodford County in the Bluegrass region of central Kentucky, near Lexington. Frontier Nursing University's distance-based model allows students across the country to complete much of their education remotely while completing clinical hours in their own communities, making advanced nursing education accessible to a national student population.