Associate of Science in Midwifery candidates will not graduate until they have passed either a State licensing exam, an approved state midwifery association exam, or a National certifying examination. Therefore, credentials upon graduation will consist of an Associate of Science in Midwifery, as well as the credential earned as a result of the successfully completed examination.
Please check the specific requirements for each degree sought as described in their section:
- Associate of Science in Midwifery (ASM).
- Bachelor of Science in Midwifery (BSC).
- Masters of Science in Midwifery (MSM)
- Doctorate of Philosophy in Midwifery (Ph.D.)
The degrees offered by the National College of Midwifery are accredited nationally. However, they are in Direct-Entry Midwifery, not Nurse Midwifery. This means that the emphasis has been on out-of-hospital service.
Graduates will be prepared to provide out-of-hospital care to women in their childbearing and menopausal years. Graduates with advanced degrees will be prepared to provide in-depth community service as part of their midwifery care in their community.
Out-of-hospital midwives need to be entrepreneurs willing to start their own businesses and be selfemployed, for the most part. There are some Direct-Entry midwives who have started and run and been employed by birth centers and there are a very few Direct-Entry midwives who are employed to provide care in hospitals or public health services.
If a graduate wishes to go enter an institution of higher learning after graduation, it is her
responsibility to ascertain whether that institution will recognize the degree or the credits issued by the College.
It therefore behooves the student to ascertain this information before applying to the National College of Midwifery.