Nursing schools in Mississippi

Academic delivery: Not currently available. Required physical attendance: Yes. Natchez Campus — Cora S. Balmat School of Nursing; clinical/practicum sites variable/external. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Exact Post-master’s Nursing Certificate IHL state approval scope Not currently available. Nursing degree table is not silently extended to a research doctorate or separately named nondegree certificate.

Alcorn State University; exact Post-master’s Nursing Certificate credential entry; Status=Accredited; Stipulation=None; Initial Accreditation=October 1999; Most Recent Action=April 10, 2025; Date of Last Visit=September 15, 2020; Next Visit=Fall 2028; next visit is planned review, not expiry. Retained raw-display variants: {"Status":["Accredited"],"Stipulation":["None"],"Initial Accreditation":["October 1999"],"Most Recent Action":["2025-04-10","April 10, 2025"],"Date of Last Visit":["September 14-17, 2020","September 15, 2020"],"Next Visit":["Fall 2028"],"Candidacy Start Cycle":["N/A"],"Candidacy Expiration Cycle":["N/A"],"Initial Site Visit Scheduled":["October 12-15, 1999"],"Initial Cycle":["Fall 1999"]}. Historical candidacy-cycle fields, where present, do not override the current entry status.

Source reviewed 2026-10-03.

Academic delivery: Fully online. Required physical attendance: Yes. Cleveland Campus — Robert E. Smith School of Nursing; clinical/practicum sites variable/external. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Exact Post-graduate APRN certificate IHL state approval scope Not currently available. Nursing degree table is not silently extended to a research doctorate or separately named nondegree certificate.

Delta State University; exact Post-graduate APRN certificate scope. Last action March 2, 2020; accredited through December 31, 2030; next Spring 2030. No transfer to another owner/credential/site; nursing approval remains separate. CCNE APRN certificate entry covers FNP; no transfer to non-APRN Nurse Educator track.

Source reviewed 2026-10-03.

Academic delivery: Fully online. Required physical attendance: Yes. Cleveland Campus — Robert E. Smith School of Nursing; clinical/practicum sites variable/external. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Exact Post-graduate APRN certificate IHL state approval scope Not currently available. Nursing degree table is not silently extended to a research doctorate or separately named nondegree certificate.

Delta State University; exact Post-graduate APRN certificate scope. Last action March 2, 2020; accredited through December 31, 2030; next Spring 2030. No transfer to another owner/credential/site; nursing approval remains separate. CCNE APRN certificate entry covers FNP; no transfer to non-APRN Nurse Educator track.

Source reviewed 2026-10-03.

Academic delivery: Not currently available. Required physical attendance: Yes. Columbus Campus — Nursing; clinical/practicum sites variable/external. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Exact Post-graduate APRN certificate IHL state approval scope Not currently available. Nursing degree table is not silently extended to a research doctorate or separately named nondegree certificate.

Mississippi University for Women; exact Post-graduate APRN certificate scope. Last action February 24, 2020; accredited through December 31, 2030; next Spring 2030. No transfer to another owner/credential/site; nursing approval remains separate.

Source reviewed 2026-10-03.

Academic delivery: Not currently available. Required physical attendance: Unknown. Unknown. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Exact Post-graduate Nurse Educator Certificate IHL state approval scope Not currently available. Nursing degree table is not silently extended to a research doctorate or separately named nondegree certificate.

Exact Post-graduate Nurse Educator Certificate national programmatic status Not currently available. Owner/ACEN/CCNE/CNEA sources checked; missing entry is not Not accredited and institutional accreditation is not substituted.

Source reviewed 2026-10-03.

Academic delivery: Not currently available. Required physical attendance: Yes. ; clinical/practicum sites variable/external. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Exact Post-graduate APRN certificate IHL state approval scope Not currently available. Nursing degree table is not silently extended to a research doctorate or separately named nondegree certificate.

University of Mississippi Medical Center; exact Post-graduate APRN certificate scope. Last action March 21, 2022; accredited through December 31, 2032; next Spring 2032. No transfer to another owner/credential/site; nursing approval remains separate. APRN options only; no transfer of this status to non-APRN Nurse Educator or Nursing/Health Care Administrator certificate tracks.

Source reviewed 2026-10-03.

Academic delivery: Fully online. Required physical attendance: Yes. Hattiesburg Campus — Asbury Hall Nursing; clinical/practicum sites variable/external. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL); University of Southern Mississippi DNP; Continuing with Conditions; NP certification pass rate >=80% all test takers over three years. PIP submitted July 7, 2025; continued strategies due June 30, 2026. Footnote also includes graduate APRN certificate. IHL degree authority is separate from MSBN PN and national accreditation. Exact adopted footnote also names postgraduate APRN certificates; degree status is not applied to unrelated PhD/education/leadership certificates.

University of Southern Mississippi; exact Post-graduate APRN certificate scope. Last action March 22, 2017; accredited through December 31, 2027; next Spring 2027. No transfer to another owner/credential/site; nursing approval remains separate.

Source reviewed 2026-10-03.

Academic delivery: Fully online. Required physical attendance: Yes. Hattiesburg Campus — Asbury Hall Nursing; clinical/practicum sites variable/external. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL); University of Southern Mississippi DNP; Continuing with Conditions; NP certification pass rate >=80% all test takers over three years. PIP submitted July 7, 2025; continued strategies due June 30, 2026. Footnote also includes graduate APRN certificate. IHL degree authority is separate from MSBN PN and national accreditation. Exact adopted footnote also names postgraduate APRN certificates; degree status is not applied to unrelated PhD/education/leadership certificates.

University of Southern Mississippi; exact Post-graduate APRN certificate scope. Last action March 22, 2017; accredited through December 31, 2027; next Spring 2027. No transfer to another owner/credential/site; nursing approval remains separate.

Source reviewed 2026-10-03.

Academic delivery: Fully online. Required physical attendance: Unknown. Unknown. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Exact Nursing Leadership Graduate Certificate IHL state approval scope Not currently available. Nursing degree table is not silently extended to a research doctorate or separately named nondegree certificate.

Exact Nursing Leadership Graduate Certificate national programmatic status Not currently available. Owner/ACEN/CCNE/CNEA sources checked; missing entry is not Not accredited and institutional accreditation is not substituted.

Source reviewed 2026-10-03.

Academic delivery: Fully online. Required physical attendance: Unknown. Unknown. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Exact Nursing Education Graduate Certificate IHL state approval scope Not currently available. Nursing degree table is not silently extended to a research doctorate or separately named nondegree certificate.

Exact Nursing Education Graduate Certificate national programmatic status Not currently available. Owner/ACEN/CCNE/CNEA sources checked; missing entry is not Not accredited and institutional accreditation is not substituted.

Source reviewed 2026-10-03.