Program Management Professional

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Program Management Professional Exam Cost

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The published price for the Program Management Professional certification exam, what it covers, and what the real total budget looks like once retakes and study time are counted.

"Member price $800" / "Full price $1000" — "Exam fee will only be required after your application has been accepted and you are ready to schedule your exam." exam fee
240 min
170 questions

What the exam costs

Published by the certification body. No estimates, no ranges.

Official exam fee
"Member price $800" / "Full price $1000" — "Exam fee will only be required after your application has been accepted and you are ready to schedule your exam."
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What the fee covers

Knowing the boundary of the price stops the surprise costs later.

ItemIncluded in the exam fee
The exam sessionYes, including the 240-minute session
Exam retakeDepends on the vendor policy, check before booking
Discount voucherNot listed in the published price
Practice questionsNo, those are a separate Certilum product (170 questions for this exam)
Training courseNo, sold separately by providers and training companies

The exam fee buys you one attempt at the Program Management Professional. Everything else on your path to certification, revision material included, sits outside this price, and that is where most of the budget of a certification actually goes.

Note from the vendor record: Active. Format: panel review must be passed before scheduling the exam (~60 days process); eligibility requires 48 months project management experience (or an active PMP) plus 48 or 84 months program management experience within the past 15 years (Sets A/B/C), so PMP is an alternative to documented project experience rather than a hard prerequisite. Exam delivered at Pearson VUE; up to three attempts within a one-year eligibility period, after which a one-year wait applies. Renewal: 60 PDUs per 3-year cycle (35 Education minimum, 25 Giving Back maximum) plus renewal fee. Sources: PgMP page, PgMP Handbook (revised 11 March 2024), Exam Content Outline (March 2024), generic PMI Certification Handbook. Caveat: pmi.org blocks automated fetches (HTTP 403); values taken from official pmi.org page/document excerpts.

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