Accredited RN programs
1,200 RN programs at accredited schools, approved for WIOA funding in 47 states and territories
That is 96% of the 1,252 RN programs that states have approved for workforce funding. The schools are on the US Department of Education's list of accredited schools. The Department doesn't accredit schools itself: it reviews accrediting agencies and lists the ones it recognizes as reliable judges of the quality of the education they accredit.1
The program itself can be accredited too: the Department's list records that for the RN program at 701 of these schools.
WIOA funding doesn't require accreditation: besides colleges, a state can approve other public and private training providers.2 Funding comes through your own state's list, so pick your state below.
All RN programs by state, accredited or not, with costs and results
Accredited RN programs in each state
- Alabama18accredited schools, 23 programs
- Alaska1accredited school, 1 program
- Arizona13accredited schools, 14 programs
- Arkansas33accredited schools, 38 programs
- California22accredited schools, 28 programs
- Colorado6accredited schools, 16 programs
- Delaware4accredited schools, 5 programs
- Florida53accredited schools, 78 programs
- Georgia24accredited schools, 32 programs
- Hawaii2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Idaho1accredited school, 1 program
- Illinois59accredited schools, 70 programs
- Indiana9accredited schools, 22 programs
- Iowa18accredited schools, 22 programs
- Kansas9accredited schools, 10 programs
- Kentucky33accredited schools, 34 programs
- Louisiana27accredited schools, 34 programs
- Maine9accredited schools, 9 programs
- Maryland5accredited schools, 5 programs
- Michigan33accredited schools, 35 programs
- Minnesota36accredited schools, 63 programs
- Mississippi24accredited schools, 40 programs
- Missouri44accredited schools, 62 programs
- Montana2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Nebraska10accredited schools, 11 programs
- Nevada2accredited schools, 2 programs
- New Hampshire4accredited schools, 4 programs
- New Jersey2accredited schools, 2 programs
- New Mexico14accredited schools, 16 programs
- New York11accredited schools, 11 programs
- North Carolina55accredited schools, 71 programs
- North Dakota11accredited schools, 11 programs
- Ohio79accredited schools, 109 programs
- Oklahoma14accredited schools, 17 programs
- Oregon6accredited schools, 6 programs
- Pennsylvania13accredited schools, 17 programs
- Puerto Rico6accredited schools, 12 programs
- South Carolina5accredited schools, 5 programs
- South Dakota5accredited schools, 5 programs
- Tennessee26accredited schools, 36 programs
- Texas66accredited schools, 106 programs
- Utah8accredited schools, 8 programs
- Virginia19accredited schools, 20 programs
- Washington30accredited schools, 43 programs
- West Virginia11accredited schools, 11 programs
- Wisconsin17accredited schools, 20 programs
- Wyoming10accredited schools, 11 programs
Schools with RN programs that the state approved for WIOA funding and that are on the Department of Education's list. A school approved in two states counts in each.
How the accredited RN schools were found
Which programs are counted?
Programs that states approved for WIOA funding, from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).3 The two lists share no ID number, so we matched each school by its website and name in the same state, and checked every unclear case by hand. A school that only hosts a college's classes doesn't count as the college.
How current is the accreditation?
We read the Department's list of October 24, 2026 and count only current accreditation. The Department notes that agencies report this information, that it isn't audited, and that the agency itself has the latest status.1
Sources for the accreditation facts about RN programs
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- US Department of Education, Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), data files of 2026-10-24
- 20 CFR 680.410, What is an eligible training provider? (eCFR)
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List