PNP Certificate Programs

Post-master’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner certificate programs are designed for nurses who already hold an MSN or doctoral nursing degree and want to qualify for pediatric nurse practitioner certification without earning a second graduate degree. These programs focus on the pediatric specialty coursework and clinical experiences needed for certification, making them one of the fastest pathways for eligible APRNs to add the PNP role.

Below is a comparison of post-master’s PNP certificate programs, including tuition, delivery format, and school details.

School Location Est. Cost Per Credit Format
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL $744 CPC Mostly Online
University of South Alabama Mobile, AL 594 CPC Mostly Online
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR $525 CPC Mostly Online
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ $650 CPC Mostly Online
Arizona State University Phoenix, AZ $952 CPC Mostly Online
Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA $895 CPC Campus
CU Anschutz Aurora, CO $801 CPC Mostly Online
Yale University New Haven, CT $2,071 CPC Campus
University of Delaware Newark, DE $886 CPC Mostly Online
Florida International University Miami, FL $628 CPC Online
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA $412 CPC Mostly Online
Augusta University Augusta, GA $445 CPC Mostly Online
Emory University Atlanta, GA $2,230 CPC Mostly Online
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA $1,191 CPC Hybrid
University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL $1,129 CPC Hybrid
Purdue University West Lafayette, IN $500 to $600 CPC Online
Indiana University Bloomington, Fort Wayne, and Indianapolis, IN $434.95 CPC Mostly Online
University of Louisville Louisville, KY $750 CPC Online
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY $1,103 CPC Mostly Online
Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA $412 CPC Online
Grambling State University Grambling, LA $198 CPC Hybrid
Northeastern University Boston, MA $1,946 CPC Campus
MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA $1,661 CPC Campus
University of Maryland Baltimore, MD $926 CPC Hybrid
Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, MI $797 CPC Mostly Online
Wayne State University Detroit, MI 1,136.03 CPC Hybrid
Walden University Minneapolis, MN $785 CPC Online
Rasmussen University Bloomington, MN $915 CPC Mostly Online
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN $1,172 CPC Mostly Online
St. Catherine University St. Paul, MN $1,200 CPC Hybrid
Maryville University St. Louis, MO $900 CPC Online
University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO $803 CPC Mostly Online
University of Missouri-St. Louis St. Louis, MO $548 CPC Mostly Online
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC $2,067.84 CPC Mostly Online
Duke University Durham, NC $2,345 CPC Mostly Online
Rutgers University Newark, NJ $902 CPC Online
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ $1,585 CPC Online
SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY $1,119 CPC Hybrid
Columbia University New York,NY $2,293 CPC Campus
NYU New York, NY $1,800 CPC Campus
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY $471 CPC Online
Molloy University Rockville Centre, NY $1,510 CPC Hybrid
Lehman College Bronx, NY $5,545 CPC Campus
University of Rochester Rochester, NY CPC Mostly Online
Ohio State University Columbus, OH $1,014 CPC Mostly Online
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH $2,384 CPC Mostly Online
Wright State University Dayton, OH $680 CPC Mostly Online
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA CPC Mostly Online
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA $1,390 CPC Mostly Online
Villanova University Villanova, PA $1,080 CPC Hybrid
Texas Woman's University Denton, TX $576 CPC Online
UT Health San Antonio San Antonio, TX $398 CPC Hybrid
University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX $654 CPC Online
University of Washington Seattle, WA $1,062 CPC Campus