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Doctor of Nursing Practice - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

DNPBSN-to-DNPMSN-to-DNPPMHNPFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Public

Award: Doctor of Nursing Practice

Program facts last verified October 6, 2026. Each fact links to the official page it came from.

Overview

DNP specialty track following the school's hybrid DNP format: online coursework with required live sessions, up to one on-campus intensive per quarter, school-arranged clinical placements in Washington state and a DNP Project.

Credential
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Pathway
BSN-to-DNP, MSN-to-DNP
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Specialty track
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Delivery
Hybrid
Study intensity
Full-time
Duration
Full-time plans of study run 9 or 10 quarters including summers, depending on specialty track
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
Not verified
Campus
UW Seattle campus — Seattle, WA

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
RN with a BSN; Nurse with a master's degree
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Postlicensure: for nurses who already hold a license
License requirement
Active, unrestricted Washington RN license or active license from a Nurse Licensure Compact state
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Certification preparation
Graduates may be eligible to apply for national PMHNP certification (ANCC PMHNP-BC, NPCB NP-C)
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Admissions requirements

Minimum GPA
Minimum 3Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the last 60 semester or 90 quarter graded credits
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Prerequisite courses
Approved graded statistics course (3 credits minimum) completed within 5 years of intended start
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Prior degree
Completed bachelor's or master's degree in nursing from a CCNE, NLN or ACEN accredited program
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
References
Three letters of recommendation
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
GRE General Test
Not required
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Requirements not listed here are unknown to us — not “not required”.

Tuition & fees

Shown exactly as the school publishes it, with its fee basis. Per-credit, per-term, annual and total-program figures are never treated as comparable.

  • $1,097 per credit

    All students — Fee-based tuition for all DNP tracks beginning with the Autumn 2026 cohort · 2026-27

    Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $11,524
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $40,878
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $1,119
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $17,514
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $31,392
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

  • January 15, 2027

    DNP priority round · Priority (full-time applicants only)

    Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Upcoming

A date without a year printed next to it on the school's page is shown as “date not confirmed”. Passed dates are never rolled forward.

Clinical, simulation & campus requirements

Clinical placements
All clinical placements are arranged by the UW School of Nursing and are located in Washington state
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Campus visits
Up to one two- to four-day on-campus intensive each quarter
Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026

We never infer a placement guarantee from marketing wording; only arrangements the school states are shown.

Accreditation & approval

Program accreditation, state board approval and institutional accreditation are separate. Records below cover this program's degree level at this institution as the body lists it.

Nursing program accreditation

  • CCNE— Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

    Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) (DNP) · School of Nursing, Seattle, WA

    Initial: April 20, 2009 · Most recent: February 28, 2024 · Term expires: December 31, 2034 · Next review: Spring 2034

    Source: directory.ccnecommunity.org · verified October 6, 2026
    Accredited

  • CCNE— Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: nursing.uw.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Accredited

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (WA) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. nursing.uw.edu/about/accreditation/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. nursing.uw.edu/academics/dnp/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  4. nursing.uw.edu/academics/dnp/pmhnp/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  5. nursing.uw.edu/admissions/costs/ — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026

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