What Does a University of Phoenix Preceptor Placement Cost?

A preceptor finder and placement service generally runs roughly 1,000 to 2,500 dollars per placement across the market, depending on the program, the specialty, the number of hours, and how hard the setting is to source in your area. A 60-hour informatics practicum in a major metro is a different search from a 600-hour PMHNP clinical load in an underserved county, and pricing reflects that.

Treat that range as an honest market benchmark, not a quote. Your specific price depends on your program, your specialization, your location, and the scope of the search, and we will give you a clear figure before you commit to anything. We would rather set an accurate expectation than advertise a headline number that does not apply to your situation.

We keep the structure simple and student-friendly, because you are already managing tuition and a job.

• Per placement. We price for the placement you need, sized to your program and market, not a vague subscription.
• Pay when secured. You are matched first and pay only once your preceptor and approved site are confirmed. You are not paying for a promise.
• Our fee is for our work. It covers sourcing, vetting, and the site-approval legwork. It is never a payment to the preceptor, and paying a preceptor for hours is not something we do or facilitate.
• A clear figure up front. Before you commit, you will know exactly what your placement costs and what it includes.

What the fee does not include is anything the university charges, your tuition, and any travel, such as the 5-day Phoenix, Arizona residency required in the FNP and PMHNP tracks, which students arrange and pay for themselves. Those are the university's and yours; our fee is strictly for the placement work.

You will sometimes see arrangements where a student effectively pays a preceptor for supervised hours. We do not do that, and we would caution you about it. Programs and boards of nursing are increasingly wary of paid-preceptor arrangements, and a placement that depends on paying for hours can create exactly the kind of conflict that gets a site questioned or declined.

Our fee is for the search and the approval work, connecting you with a qualified preceptor and getting the site ready for the university's approval. The value is the sourcing, the vetting, and the time you get back, not access purchased from a clinician. That distinction keeps your placement clean and defensible.

The real cost question is not the placement fee in isolation, it is the fee compared to the cost of not securing a placement in time.

Phoenix is built around finishing on your own timeline. A site that falls through does the opposite: it can add a full term of tuition, delay the advanced role you went back to school for, and cost you the income that role represents. Against that, an early, secured placement is almost always the cheaper path. That is the case for treating placement as something to lock in early rather than gamble on late, which is the whole argument on our how it works page.

When you want a real figure for your situation, tell us your program, specialization, and city on the contact page and we will give you a clear price with no obligation.