Program Cost
Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate
Total program cost: The 18-month, Family Nurse Practitioner Post Graduate Certificate Program, is 33 semester hours, from summer 2018 through Fall 2019, with a total program cost of $37,125.
Cost per semester credit hour: $1,125
Additional fees may include:
Required textbooks (estimate): $500.00-1000.00 per year; Graduation fee; Laboratory fees (estimate): $100.00 per year; Health requirement clearance: $40 initial, $10 updates; Health insurance: Variable; Professional liability insurance (estimate): $20.00; etc.
Downloadable PDF of Cost Sheet
Cost breakdown by term
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summer* | 3 courses (9 credits) NURS 580: Advanced Pathophysiology (3) NURS 582: Advanced Health Assessment (3) NURS 583: Clinical Pharmacotherapeutics (3) | $10,125 |
| Fall | 3 courses (8 credits) NURS 561: Management of Mental Health Conditions in Primary Care (2) NURS 584: Family Nurse Practitioner I (5) NURS 563: Primary Care Procedures (1) | $9,000 |
| January | 2 courses (4 credits) NURS 524: Advanced Health Promotion (2) NURS 540 Illness and Disease Management (2) | $4,500 |
| Spring | 1 courses (5 credits) NURS 585: Family Nurse Practitioner II (5) | $5,625 |
| Second Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summer | 1 courses (4 credits) NURS 562: Primary Care Management of Women and Children (4) | $4,500 |
| Fall | 1 courses (3 credits) NURS 594: Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Capstone (3) | $3,375 |
*Applicants who are already nationally certified nurse practitioners may have Advanced Pathophysiology, Advanced Pharmacology and Advanced Health Assessment waived.