Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Program

Credits 46
Format Online

This APRN program is for post-BSN registered nurses who are interested in becoming psychiatric nurse practitioners.

The next available start date for our PMHNP Program is July 2025.
Applications will be reviewed starting in April 2025.

Program Highlights

  • Online program with in-person clinical components
  • 13 courses with both part-time and full-time options available
  • Small class size (approximately 8 students per start date)
  • One-on-one in-person preceptorship
  • Start dates offered approximately every 16 weeks
  • Multiple admission term start dates which include January, March, July and September

Program Details

Admission Requirements


Read through our PMHNP degree program requirements to ensure you meet our admissions criteria and start your application today.

Graduate Admission Requirements

This program is supported by the US Department of Labor’s Nursing Expansion Grant Program as part of an award totaling $3,313,525 with 20% financed with non-governmental sources.  The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by US DOL, or the U.S. Government.

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing/master’s degree program in nursing/Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Thomas Edison State University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (https://www.ccneaccreditation.org).

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