Advanced Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health
Expand your nursing career and gain the skills you need to plan and deliver psychiatric mental healthcare to clients of all ages.
Why Earn Your Advanced Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Degree?
For nurse practitioners who are already licensed in another specialty, a post-master’s advanced certificate is an affordable and accessible way to expand your professional options—and meet a growing national demand for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners. Students in an advanced certificate program receive in-depth training in psychiatric mental health nursing, developing the tools to successfully assess, treat and manage a diverse range of clients.
Why Earn an Advanced Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health from Adelphi?
- Build on your completed master’s coursework with a well-rounded curriculum that prepares you to assume an advanced practice role.
- Learn by doing in our state-of-the-art clinical simulation laboratory under the supervision of experienced nurse practitioners.
- Study while balancing family and other obligations with convenient, flexible course schedules that include part-time and online options (40 percent of our core courses are offered online).
Campus Information
Garden City Campus
The Adelphi campus is nestled within the serene Long Island suburbs on a safe and welcoming sprawling campus that’s beautifully gardened, architecturally exciting and full of activity. We know you’ll feel at home here. Adelphi students learn in more than a dozen academic buildings and centers, study and collaborate in a bright and modern library, stay active in our state-of-the-art Center for Recreation and Sports, enjoy arts performances in our top-ranked Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, and residential students live within seven residential communities. A major renovation of Adelphi University’s Ruth S. Harley University Center was launched this year through a $5 million HECap grant. We continue to make progress and the UC is scheduled to open in Fall 2020.
Intakes
- May
- Aug
- Jan
Application Processing Time in Days: 30
Application Process
Minimum English Language Requirements
English Level Description | IELTS (1.0 -9.0) | TOEFL IBT (0-120) | TOEFL CBT (0-300) | PTE (10-90) | |
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Expert | 9 | 120 | 297-300 | 86-90 | |
Very Good | 8.5 | 115-119 | 280-293 | 83-86 | |
Very Good | 8 | 110-114 | 270-280 | 79-83 | |
Good | 7.5 | 102-109 | 253-267 | 73-79 | |
Good | 7 | 94-101 | 240-253 | 65-73 | |
Competent | 6.5 | 79-93 | 213-233 | 58-65 | |
Competent | 6 | 60-78 | 170-210 | 50-58 | |
Modest | 5.5 | 46-59 | 133-210 | 43-50 | |
Modest | 5 | 35-45 | 107-133 | 36-43 | |
Limited | 4 | 32-34 | 97-103 | 30-36 | |
Extremely Limited | < 4 | < 31 | < 93 | < 30 |
Job Opportunity Potential
The process of applying for and securing employment can take several months. We help students and alumni take the steps they need to find the job they want.
We’ll schedule interview dates with potential employers, submit résumés of interested candidates and then create 30-minute interviews with selected individuals. Even students who don’t participate in this process will benefit from our potential employer lists, job fairs and external job resources.
PSW Opportunity
- 12 to 36 months (OPT duration depends on the major studied).
Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
- All international graduate applicants are required to submit official college or university records to the Adelphi Office of University Admissions.
- One set of records should be in your native language and one set should be translated into English.
- Photocopies are not acceptable without an official stamp or seal from the school attended.
- All academic records should be sent directly by the previous school attended. If a student wishes to submit transcripts on behalf of the previous institution, they must be official and bear the school’s stamp or seal.
- A four-year bachelor’s degree is required for admission to our graduate programs. If a student has completed a three-year bachelor’s degree, their application will be reviewed on an individual basis. If you have any further questions, please email intladmissions@adelphi.edu.
- Official TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo scores are required to show English language proficiency. We will accept TOEFL MyBest scores.
- Starting with applicants for the Fall 2020 semester, we will also accept the web-based Duolingo English Test (DET). We require a minimum score of 110 on the DET.
- Please note that if your scores fall below our minimum requirements, you may be considered for one of our pathway programs.
For More Information Please Connect Our PSA Counselor.
- Course Type: Full Time
- Course Level: Post Graduate Diploma or Certificate
- Duration: 03 Year
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Total Tuition Fee:
78000 USD
Annual Cost of Living: 12300 USD
Application Fee: 40 USD
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