"What I have learned about midwifery through this program is that midwifery is always evolving. There is a hunger for knowledge that is empowering." ~an NMI student

Program Goals

National Midwifery Institute graduates are prepared to:

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  • Qualify for the National Credential Certified Professional Midwife Examination through the North American Registry of Midwives (“NARM”), and state midwifery licensure where provided.

  • Provide equitable, sensitive, culturally-competent primary care to clients, families and babies.

  • Practice in accordance with the Midwives Model of Care, upholding the professional standards of the CPM credential.

  • Apply critical thinking, theoretical knowledge, and informed decision making to make collaborative clinical decisions with clients about their health care.

  • Establish or join a midwifery practice within the community where they completed their apprenticeship and have become an integral part of the local birth network.

  • Take on their own midwifery apprentices once qualified to do so, thereby enhancing and supporting the apprenticeship model of midwifery education in their own communities.

Facts at a Glance

The School

  • Enrollment offered in 28 states

  • Remain in your home community for apprenticeship

  • Accredited since 2002 by the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council

  • Approved by the CA Medical Board as an approved Midwifery school

  • Year round, rolling admissions

  • Credits transferable to other MEAC schools at the discretion of school

  • 4 full-time employees

  • 9 part-time academic faculty

  • 150+ clinical faculty

  • Certificate granting MEAC school

  • Only certificate granting MEAC school that does not require completion of college credit coursework

  • Graduates qualify for California Licensing exam and NARM CPM Licensing exam

Our Students And Student Outcomes

  • Average Student Body (2023-2025): 100

  • Average enrollments per year (2023-2025): 29

  • Average graduates per year (2023-2025): 13

  • Average time to complete the program: 3.5 years (students have between 2-7 years to complete the program)

  • Average NARM exam pass rate (2018-2020): 95%

  • Students who pay for school without loans: 98%

To learn more about our program see Program Overview.

“I love getting the chance to witness people’s transformations, and I love it when I can do something helpful.”

~ an NMI Student

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