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Graduate Programs

A post-baccalaureate program that provides all the essential components of the midwifery curriculum as defined by the two ACNM documents: Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviors Prerequisite to Midwifery Clinical Coursework and Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice, and has the essential elements for program implementation as defined in the Criteria for Accreditation documents; and is incorporated into a program of professional studies which grants an academic degree at a master's or doctoral level.

Baylor University (DNP)

College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery/Doctor of Nursing Program

3700 Worth Street

Dallas, TX 75246

(214) 820-4111

Website

Program Directed By: Mary Ann Faucher, CNM, PhD

Preaccredited:Yes

Baystate Medical Center (MS (in collaboration with Philadelphia University))

Midwifery Education Program

689 Chestnut St.

Springfield, MA 01199

(413) 794-4448

Website

Program Directed By: Barbara W. Graves, CNM, MN, MPH, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: June 2017

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

California State University, Fullerton (MSN)

Department of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Specialty

800 N. State College Blvd.

Fullerton, CA 92834

(714) 278-2973

Website

Program Directed By: BJ Snell, CNM, PhD, WHNP, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2012

Case Western Reserve University (MSN or DNP)

Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

10900 Euclid Ave.

Cleveland, OH 44106-4904

(216) 368-2529

Website

Program Directed By: Gretchen Mettler, CNM, MS

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2015

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Columbia University (MS)

School of Nursing

Midwifery Program

630 W. 168th St.

New York, NY 10032

(212) 305-5887

Website

Program Directed By: Laura Zeidenstein, CNM, MSN

Next Accreditation Review: June 2014

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

East Carolina University (MSN)

College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

Health Science Building

Greenville, NC 27858-4353

(252) 744-6402

Website

Program Directed By: Becky C. Bagley, MSN, CNM

Next Accreditation Review: June 2016

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Fully Distance: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Emory University (MSN or MSN/MPH)

Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Specialty

1520 Clifton Rd., NE

Atlanta, GA 30322-4207

(404) 727-6961

Website

Program Directed By: Jane Mashburn, CNM, MN, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: June 2015

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing (MSN)

Community-Based Nurse-Midwifery Education Program (CNEP)

195 School St.

Hyden, KY 41749

(606) 672-2312

Website

Program Directed By: Suzan Ulrich, CNM, DrPH

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2015

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

Fully Distance: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Georgetown University (MS)

School of Nursing and Health Studies

Graduate Program in Nurse-Midwifery

Box 571107

Washington, DC 20007

(202) 687-1563

Website

Program Directed By: Carolyn Gegor, CNM, MS, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2012

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Marquette University (MSN)

College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

PO Box 1881

Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881

(414) 288-3842

Website

Program Directed By: Leona VandeVusse, CNM, PhD

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2019

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Medical University of South Carolina (MSN)

College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

99 Jonathan Lucas St.

Charleston, SC 29403

(843) 792-4642

Website

Program Directed By: Lee Horton, CNM, MS

Next Accreditation Review: June 2013

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

New York University (MS)

College of Nursing at the College of Dentistry

Midwifery Education Program

246 Greene St.

New York, NY 10003-6677

(212) 998-5895

Website

Program Directed By: Julia Lange Kessler CM,MS

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2011

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Ohio State University (MS or PhD)

College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Graduate Program

1585 Neil Ave.

Columbus, OH 43210-1289

(614) 688-0394

Website

Program Directed By: Marsha Atkins, CNM, ND

Next Accreditation Review: June 2014

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Oregon Health & Science University (MS)

School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd.

Portland, OR 97201-3908

(503) 494-3114

Website

Program Directed By: Carol Howe, CNM, DNSc, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2011

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Philadelphia University (MS)

School of Science and Health

Midwifery Program

Room 222 Hayward Hall

Philadelphia, PA 19144

(215) 951-2525

Website

Program Directed By: Katy Dawley, CNM, PhD

Next Accreditation Review: June 2015

Certificate Option: Yes

Fully Distance: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

San Diego State University (MS)

School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Graduate Education Program

5500 Campanile Dr.

San Diego, CA 92182-4158

(619) 594-2540

Website

Program Directed By: Lauren Hunter, CNM, PhD

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2012

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Shenandoah University (MSN)

Division of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Education Program

1775 N. Sector Ct.

Winchester, VA 22601

(540) 678-4382

Website

Program Directed By: Juliana Fehr, CNM, PhD, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: June 2015

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (MS)

College of Health Related Professions

Midwifery Education Program

Box 1227

Brooklyn, NY 11203

(718) 270-7742

Website

Program Directed By: Ronnie Lichtman, CNM, PhD

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2012

Certified Midwife (CM) Option: Yes

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

Certificate Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Stony Brook University (MS)

School of Nursing

Pathways to Midwifery

Health Sciences Center

Stony Brook, NY 11794-8240

(631) 444-2867

Website

Program Directed By: Nicole Rouhana, CNM, FNP-C, MSN

Next Accreditation Review: November 2017

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Fully Distance: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of California, San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital (MS)

Interdepartmental Nurse-Midwifery Education Program

1001 Potrero Avenue, Room 6D-29

San Francisco, CA 94110-3518

(415) 206-4761

Website

Program Directed By: Amy Levi, CNM, PhD, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: June 2010

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Certificate Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Cincinnati (MSN)

College of Nursing and Health

Nurse-Midwifery Education Program

PO Box 210038

Cincinnati, OH 45221-0038

(513) 558-5512

Website

Program Directed By: Nancy Moss, CNM, PhD

Next Accreditation Review: June 2014

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Fully Distance: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Colorado Denver (MS)

College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Option

Education 2 North 13120 E. 19th St.

Aurora, CO 80045

(720) 971-1526

Website

Program Directed By: Jennifer Hensley, CNM, MSN, EdD

Next Accreditation Review: June 2017

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Florida (MSN or MN)

UFHSC-J College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

653 West 8th St.

Jacksonville, FL 32209-6561

(904) 244-5174

Website

Program Directed By: Alice Poe, CNM, DSN, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: June 2010

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Illinois at Chicago (MS or PhD)

College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

M/C 802

Chicago, IL 60612

(312) 355-3038

Website

Program Directed By: Barbara Camune, CNM, RNC, WHNP, DrPH, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2012

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Indianapolis (MSN)

School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

1400 E. Hanna Ave.

Indianapolis, IN 46227

(317) 788-3327

Website

Program Directed By: Barbara Winningham, CNM, MSN

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2011

Partially Distance: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Kansas (MS)

School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Education Program

3901 Rainbow Blvd.

Kansas City, KS 66160-7502

(913) 588-1683

Website

Program Directed By: Cara A. Busenhart, RN, CNM, MSN

Next Accreditation Review: June 2017

Certificate Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey ()

School of Nursing

Women's Health and Nurse-Midwifery

65 Bergen St.

Newark, NJ 07107-3001

(973) 972-4298

Website

Program Directed By: Elaine Diegmann, CNM, M.Ed, ND, FACNM

Preaccredited:Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

University of Miami (MSN)

School of Nursing and Health Studies

Nurse-Midwifery Program

5030 Brunson Drive

Coral Gables, FL 33146

(305) 284-6256

Website

Program Directed By: Jeanne Gottlieb, CNM, MSN

Next Accreditation Review: June 2014

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

University of Michigan (MS/PhD)

School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

400 N. Ingalls

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482

(734) 763-0016

Website

Program Directed By: Lisa Kane-Low, CNM, PhD, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2016

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Minnesota (PhD)

School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

6-101 Weaver-Densford Hall

Minneapolis, MN 55455

(612) 624-6494

Website

Program Directed By: Melissa Avery, CNM, PhD, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: June 2010

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of New Mexico (MSN)

College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

Nursing/Pharmacy Building

Albuquerque, NM 87131-1061

(505) 272-1184

Website

Program Directed By: Julie Gorwoda, CNM, MSN

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2017

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Pennsylvania (MSN)

School of Nursing

Midwifery Program

Nursing Education Building

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096

(215) 573-7679

Website

Program Directed By: William McCool, PhD, CNM, CRNP

Next Accreditation Review: June 2010

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Puerto Rico Grad Sch of Pub Hlth (MPH)

Graduate School of Public Health

Nurse-Midwifery Education Program

Medical Sciences Campus

San Juan, PR 00936-5067

(787) 281-7355

Website

Program Directed By: Irene dela Torre, CNM, MS

Next Accreditation Review: January 2018

Certificate Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Utah (MS)

College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

10 South 2000 East

Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5880

(801) 581-8143

Website

Program Directed By: Jane M. Dyer, CNM, FNP, MBA, PhD

Next Accreditation Review: June 2016

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

University of Washington (MN)

School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

Box 357262

Seattle, WA 98195-7262

(206) 543-8241

Website

Program Directed By: Christine Hunter, CNM, MSN

Next Accreditation Review: July 2018

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Vanderbilt University (MSN)

School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Program

102 Godchaux Hall

Nashville, TN 37240-0008

(615) 343-5876

Website

Program Directed By: Mavis Schorn, CNM, PHD

Next Accreditation Review: June 2010

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Master's Completion Option: Yes

Wayne State University (MSN or PhD or DNP)

College of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Option

5557 Cass Ave.

Detroit, MI 48202

(313) 577-5926

Website

Program Directed By: Deborah S. Walker, DNSc, CNM, FNP, FACNM

Next Accreditation Review: January 2013

AD RN to CNM Option: Yes

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes

Partially Distance: Yes

Post Master's Certificate Option: Yes

Yale University (MSN)

School of Nursing

Nurse-Midwifery Specialty

100 Church St. South

New Haven, CT 06536-0740

(203) 785-2389

Website

Program Directed By: Teri Stone-Godena, CNM, MSN

Next Accreditation Review: Jan. 2010

BA/BS to RN/CNM Option: Yes