Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Programs by State

Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) are advanced practice nurses who specialize in mental health treatment. Deciding to become a PMHNP is a significant step in your nursing education. But with hundreds of programs nationwide, this step can also be overwhelming.

So, we’ve rounded up a list of every accredited psychiatric NP school by state for 2025. Read on to find a PMHNP program near you and learn about available degrees, tuition costs, and more program information.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Programs in Every State 

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Alabama

The University of Alabama

• Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
• Program Cost: $440 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Location: Birmingham, AL
• Program Cost: $682 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of South Alabama

• Location: Mobile, AL
• Program Cost: $594 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Alaska

University of Alaska Anchorage

• Location: Anchorage, AK
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $513 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,079 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: Certificate
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Arizona

Arizona State University

• Location: Phoenix, AZ
• Program Cost: $17,757 per year
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

University of Arizona

• Location: Tucson, AZ
• Program Cost: 
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Arkansas

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

• Location: Little Rock, AR
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $495 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $888 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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California

Azusa Pacific University

• Location: Azusa, CA
• Program Cost: $860 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Brandman University

• Location: Irvine, CA
• Program Cost: 
• Degree Offered:
• School Type: Private 
• Online Options Available? Yes

California State University Los Angeles

• Location: Los Angeles, CA
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $4,123.12 per semester
  • Nonresident: $8,875.12 per semester
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

University of San Diego

• Location: San Diego, CA
• Program Cost: $1,730 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

University of San Francisco

• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Program Cost: $25,360 per year
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private 
• Online Options Available? Yes

Colorado

Colorado State University-Pueblo

• Location: Pueblo, CO
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $12,146 per year
  • Non-resident: $20,532 per year
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Regis University

• Location: Denver, CO
• Program Cost: $965 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

• Location: Colorado Springs, CO
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $1194 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1804 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Colorado Denver

• Location: Aurora, CO
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $770 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,248 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Connecticut

Fairfield University

• Location: Fairfield, CT
• Program Cost: $1,135 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

University of Saint Joseph

• Location: West Hartford, CT
• Program Cost: $1,047 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Yale University

• Location: West Haven, CT
• Program Cost: $1,962 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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Delaware

University of Delaware

• Location: Newark, DE
• Program Cost: $1,028 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Florida

Florida Atlantic University

• Location: Boca Raton, FL
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $371.81 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1026.81 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Florida International University

• Location: Miami, FL
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $15,947
  • Non-resident: $35,059
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Jacksonville University

• Location: Jacksonville, FL
• Program Cost: $700 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Nova Southeastern University

• Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Program Cost: $799 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

 University of Florida

• Location: Gainesville, FL
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $12,740 per year
  • Non-resident: $30,134 per year
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Georgia

Augusta University

• Location: Augusta, GA
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $430 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,132.00 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Georgia College & State University

• Location: Milledgeville, GA
• Program Cost: $373 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Georgia Southern University

• Location:  Savannah, GA
• Program Cost: $6,444 per semester
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Georgia State University

• Location: Atlanta, GA
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $10,872 per semester
  • Non-resident: $31,432 per semester
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Valdosta State University

• Location: Valdosta, GA
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $254 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $915 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Hawaii

University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Location: Honolulu, HI
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $650 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,402 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Hawaii Pacific University

• Location: Honolulu, HI
• Program Cost: $1,025 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Idaho

Idaho State University

• Location: Pocatello, ID
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $11,268 per year
  • Non-resident: $30,152 per year
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Illinois

Lewis University

• Location: Oak Brook, IL
• Program Cost:  $820 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private 
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Loyola University Chicago

• Location: Romeoville, IL
• Program Cost: $1,130 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Rush University Medical Center

• Location: Chicago, IL
• Program Cost: $1,344 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes  

University of Illinois at Chicago

• Location: Chicago, IL
• Program Cost: $1,044 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

University of Saint Francis

• Location: Peoria, IL
• Program Cost: $799 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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Indiana

Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

• Location: Indianapolis, IL
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $10,766 per year
  • Non-resident: $30,748 per year
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Indiana Wesleyan University

• Location: Marion, IN
• Program Cost: $685 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Purdue University

• Location: West Lafayette, IN
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $9,992 per year
  • Non-resident: $28,794 per year
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

University of Southern Indiana

• Location: Evansville, IN
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $432.78 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $847.66 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Iowa

Allen College

• Location: Waterloo, IA
• Program Cost:  $948 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

Briar Cliff University

• Location: Sioux City, IA
• Program Cost: $538 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

Clarke University

• Location: Dubuque, IA
• Program Cost: $875 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

University of Iowa

• Location: Iowa City, IA
• Program Cost: 
  • 3-year program track
    • Resident: $78,374
    • Non-resident: $143,094 
  • 4-year program track
    • Resident: $89,460
    • Non-resident: $164,226
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Kansas

University of Kansas

• Location: Kansas City, KS
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $442.20 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,039.10 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Washburn University

• Location: Topeka, KS
• Program Cost: $727 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Kentucky

Eastern Kentucky University

• Location: Richmond, KY
• Program Cost: $689 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Northern Kentucky University

• Location: Highland Heights, KY
• Program Cost: $550 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

University of Kentucky

• Location: Lexington, KY
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $783.50 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,957 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

University of Louisville

• Location: Louisville, KY
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $791 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,606 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Western Kentucky University

• Location: Bowling Green, KY
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $607 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $917 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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Louisiana

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

• Location: New Orleans, LA
• Program Cost: $800 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

 McNeese State University

• Location: Lake Charles, LA
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $9,000 per year
  • Non-resident: $10,00 per year
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

 Nicholls State University

• Location: Thibodaux, LA
• Program Cost: $412.13 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes   

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

• Location: Shreveport, LA
• Program Cost: $475 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Southeastern Louisiana University

• Location: Hammond, LA
• Program Cost: $286.03 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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Maine

Husson University

• Location: Bangor, ME
• Program Cost: $682 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes  

University of Southern Maine

• Location: Portland, ME
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $445 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,350 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes   

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Maryland

Frostburg State University

• Location: Frostburg, MD
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $522 per credit hour
  • Regional resident: $588 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $714 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Location: Bethesda, MD
• Program Cost: $0 with Duty Government Requirements 
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Government 
• Online Options Available? Yes   

University of Maryland

• Location: Baltimore, MD
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $873 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,549 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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Massachusetts

Boston College

• Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
• Program Cost: $1,726 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

MGH Institute of Health Professions

• Location: Boston, MA
• Program Cost: $1,580 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes   

Northeastern University

• Location: Boston, MA
• Program Cost: $78,000
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes   

University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Location: Amherst, MA
• Program Cost: $825 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes   

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

• Location: North Dartmouth, MA
• Program Cost: $587 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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Michigan

Michigan State University

• Location: East Lansing, MI
• Program Cost: $867 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

University of Michigan-Flint

• Location: Flint, MI
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $803.50 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,201.75 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

 Wayne State University

• Location: Detroit, MI
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $1040.30 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1929.42 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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Minnesota

The College of Saint Scholastica

• Location: Duluth, MN
• Program Cost: $895 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes  

 University of Minnesota

• Location: Minneapolis, MN
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $1,593 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $2,465 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

 Walden University

• Location: Minneapolis, MN
• Program Cost: $750 per quarter hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes  

 Winona State University

• Location: Winona, MN
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $480.59 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $725.35 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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Mississippi

University of Mississippi Medical Center

• Location: Jackson, MS
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $545 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,598.67 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

 University of Southern Mississippi

• Location: Hattiesburg, MS
• Program Cost: $513 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Missouri

University of Missouri

• Location: Columbia, MO
• Program Cost: $5,400 per semester
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Missouri - Kansas City

• Location: Kansas City, MO
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $488 per credit hour
  • Midwest Student Exchange Program rate: $732 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,225 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Missouri Baptist University

• Location: St. Louis, MO
• Program Cost: $745 per semester
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Cox College

• Location: Springfield, MO
• Program Cost: $620 per semester
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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Montana

Montana State University- Bozeman

• Location: Bozeman, MT
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $5,992 per year
  • Non-resident: $19,642 per year
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Nebraska

Creighton University

• Location: Omaha, NE
• Program Cost: $1,000 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Location: Omaha, NE
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $353 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,011 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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Nevada

University of Nevada, Reno

• Location: Reno, NV
• Program Cost: $344.25 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

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New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire

• Location: Durham, NH
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $785
  • Non-resident: $865
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

Rivier University

• Location: Nashua, NH
• Program Cost: 
  • Nursing Courses: $697 per credit hour
  • Clinical Courses: $1,088 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

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New Jersey

Fairleigh Dickinson University

• Location: Teaneck, NJ
• Program Cost: $1,188 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

Monmouth University

• Location: West Long Branch, NJ
• Program Cost: 
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

Rowan University

• Location: Glassboro, NJ
• Program Cost: $18,171 per year
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes  

 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

• Location: Newark, NJ
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $1,040 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,523 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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New Mexico

New Mexico State University

• Location: Las Cruces, NM
• Program Cost: $444.40
• Degree Offered: Certificate
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of New Mexico

• Location: Albuquerque, NM
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident:  $625.18 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,394.88 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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New York

Binghamton University

• Location: Binghamton, NY
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $11,310 per year
  • Non-resident: $23,790 per year
• Degree Offered: Certificate
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Columbia University

• Location: New York, NY
• Program Cost: $72,776
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

Hunter College of CUNY

• Location: New York, NY
• Program Cost: 
  • Full-time
    • Resident: $11,090 per year
    • Non-resident: $25,650 per credit hour
  • Part-time
    • Resident: $470 per credit hour
    • Non-resident: $855 per credit
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Molloy College

• Location: Rockville Centre, NY
• Program Cost: $1,555 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

New York University

• Location: New York, NY
• Program Cost: $2,308 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

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North Carolina

Duke University

• Location: Durham, NC
• Program Cost: MSN
• Degree Offered: $2,166 per credit hour
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

East Carolina University

• Location: Greenville, NC
• Program Cost: $990.83 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Location: Chapel Hill, NC
• Program Cost: 
  • Full-time
    • Resident: $9,667 per semester
    • Non-resident: $18,530 per semester
  • Part-time
    • Resident: $5,329 per semester
    • Non-resident: $9,761 per semester
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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North Dakota

University of North Dakota

• Location: Grand Forks, ND
• Program Cost: $815.50 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Ohio

Case Western Reserve University

• Location: Cleveland, OH
• Program Cost: $2,308 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

Cleveland State University

• Location: Cleveland, OH
• Program Cost: $17,262 per year
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Kent State University

• Location: Kent, OH
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $12,554.80
  • Non-resident: $23,432.60
• Degree Offered:
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

The University of Akron

• Location: Akron, OH
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $462.50 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $320.00 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Cincinnati

• Location: Cincinnati, OH
• Program Cost: 
  • Full-time
    • Resident: $8,359 per semester
    • Non-resident: $8,509 per semester
  • Part-time
    • Resident: $836 per credit hour
    • Non-resident: $851 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences

• Location: Oklahoma City, OK
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $11,584 per year
  • Non-resident: $27,844 per year
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Oregon

Oregon Health and Science University

• Location: Portland, OR
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $686 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $891 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Pennsylvania

Drexel University

• Location: Philadelphia, PA
• Program Cost: $1,101 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

La Salle University

• Location: Philadelphia, PA
• Program Cost: $930 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

  University of Pennsylvania

• Location: Philadelphia, PA
• Program Cost: $56,262 per year
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

York College of Pennsylvania

• Location: York, PA
• Program Cost: $33,250
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

Villanova University

• Location: Villanova, PA
• Program Cost: $1,050 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Rhode Island

 University of Rhode Island

• Location: Kingston, RI
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $856 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,661 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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South Carolina

Anderson University

• Location: Anderson, SC
• Program Cost: $620 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

Medical University of South Carolina

• Location: Charleston, SC
• Program Cost: 
  • Full-time
    • Resident: $8,116 per semester
    • Non-resident: $10,858 per semester
  • Part-time
    • Resident: $835 per credit hour
    • Non-resident: $1,098 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of South Carolina

• Location: Columbia, SC
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $770.25 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $870.25 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Frances Marion University

• Location: Florence, SC
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $823.20 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,646.40 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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South Dakota

Mount Marty College

• Location: Yankton, SD
• Program Cost: $680 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

 South Dakota State University

• Location: Brookings, SD
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $340.15 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $654.05 per credit hour
  • Minnesota Reciprocity: $559.40 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Tennessee

East Tennessee State University

• Location: Johnson City, TN
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $610 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,451 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Union University

• Location: Jackson, TN
• Program Cost: MSN
• Degree Offered: $712 per credit hour
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

• Location: Memphis, TN
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $10,962 per year
  • Non-resident: $11,880 per year
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• Location: Knoxville, TN
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $700 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $770 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: Certificate
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

 Vanderbilt University

• Location: Nashville
• Program Cost: $1,939 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Texas

Midwestern State University

• Location: Wichita Falls, TX
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $4,888 per semester
  • Non-resident: $5,863 per semester
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Texas State University - Round Rock Campus

• Location: Round Rock, TX
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $357.36 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $777.36 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

• Location: Lubbock, TX
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $265 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $685 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Texas at Arlington

• Location: Arlington, TX
• Program Cost: 
• Resident: $1,317.95 per credit hour
• Non-resident: $2,861.95 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

• Location: Houston, TX
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $357 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,167 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Utah

University of Utah

• Location: Salt Lake City, UT
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $3,392.79 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $6,638.11 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Rocky Mountain University

• Location: Provo, UT
• Program Cost: $57,053
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private 
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Vermont

Norwich University

• Location: Norwich, VT
• Program Cost: $825 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Virginia

George Mason University

• Location: Fairfax, VA
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $628.75 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,543.25 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

 James Madison University

• Location: Harrisonburg, VA
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $545 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,272 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Liberty University

• Location: Lynchburg, VA
• Program Cost: 
  • Full-time: $595 per credit hour
  • Part-time: $650 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

 Old Dominion University

• Location: Virginia Beach, VA
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $599 per credit hour
  • Non-resident: $1,439 per credit hour
  • Active Military: $250 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

 University of Virginia

• Location: Charlottesville, VA
• Program Cost: 
  • Full-time
    • Resident: $20,682 per semester
    • Non-resident: $33,774 per semester
  • Part-time:
    • Resident: $862 per credit hour
    • Non-resident: $1,407 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Washington

Gonzaga University

• Location: Spokane, WA
• Program Cost: $1,130 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

Pacific Lutheran University

• Location: Tacoma, WA
• Program Cost: $100, 296
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

Seattle University

• Location: Seattle, WA
• Program Cost: $928 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Washington

• Location: Seattle, WA
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $10,826 per quarter
  • Non-resident: $15,440 per quarter
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Washington State University

• Location: Spokane, WA
• Program Cost: $1,180 per credit
• Degree Offered: MSN/DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Washington, D.C.

The George Washington University

• Location: Washington, D.C.
• Program Cost: $1,450 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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West Virginia

West Virginia Wesleyan College

• Location: Buckhannon, WV
• Program Cost: $32,166 per year
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

 West Virginia University

• Location: Morgantown, WV
• Program Cost: $764 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: Certificate
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

Marshall University 

• Location: Huntington, WV
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $4,580 per semester
  • Non-resident: $11,012 per semester
  • Metro resident: $7,917 per semester
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

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Wisconsin

Alverno College

• Location: Milwaukee, WI
• Program Cost: $465 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes 

 University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Location: Madison, WI
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $12,252 per year
  • Non-resident: $25,578 per year
  • Minnesota resident: $19,992 per year
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

Milwaukee School of Engineering

• Location: Milwaukee, WI
• Program Cost: $1,210 per credit hour
• Degree Offered: MSN
• School Type: Private
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

• Location: Milwaukee, WI
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $12,266 per year
  • Non-resident: $25,697 per year
• Degree Offered: Certificate
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh

• Location: Milwaukee, WI
• Program Cost: $21,850
• Degree Offered: Certificate
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes

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Wyoming

University of Wyoming

• Location: Laramie, WY
• Program Cost: 
  • Resident: $6,460 per year
  • Non-resident: $19,340 per year
• Degree Offered: DNP
• School Type: Public
• Online Options Available? Yes 

How to Choose a Psychiatric NP Program

Selecting a nurse practitioner program is a serious decision. While there are many excellent PMHNP schools, different programs will appeal to different students. Consider your budget, attendance preferences, and clinical requirements when choosing a program.

Some questions you can ask to find a PMHNP program near you include:

• Do I want to earn a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)?
• Does my job offer tuition reimbursement? If so, which programs qualify for it?
• Do I prefer in-person or online instruction?
• Am I available to attend school full-time or part-time?
• Will the program help me find clinical placements and preceptors?
• Is the program accredited?
• Can I work while I study? If not, can I support myself without working?

While several factors impact your decision, tuition costs are often a determining factor. Attending graduate school can be a massive financial burden. However, knowing how to pay for nursing school will help reduce that expense.

No matter which program you choose, the journey to becoming a PMHNP is a rewarding one. You're entering an essential nursing field with plenty of opportunities for growth and advancement.

 

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