Accredited nursing schools by state
3,298 nursing and patient care programs at accredited schools, approved for WIOA funding
That is 69% of the 4,782 nursing and patient care 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
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.
Nursing and patient care programs by state, accredited or not, with costs and results
Accredited nursing schools in each state
- Alabama25accredited schools, 69 programs
- Arizona21accredited schools, 40 programs
- Arkansas40accredited schools, 92 programs
- California65accredited schools, 105 programs
- Colorado17accredited schools, 36 programs
- Connecticut14accredited schools, 23 programs
- Delaware7accredited schools, 9 programs
- Florida101accredited schools, 193 programs
- Georgia33accredited schools, 77 programs
- Idaho10accredited schools, 13 programs
- Illinois83accredited schools, 166 programs
- Indiana13accredited schools, 143 programs
- Iowa21accredited schools, 65 programs
- Kansas24accredited schools, 47 programs
- Kentucky43accredited schools, 66 programs
- Louisiana43accredited schools, 81 programs
- Maine10accredited schools, 13 programs
- Maryland15accredited schools, 26 programs
- Massachusetts17accredited schools, 25 programs
- Michigan54accredited schools, 96 programs
- Minnesota40accredited schools, 133 programs
- Mississippi38accredited schools, 80 programs
- Missouri67accredited schools, 148 programs
- Montana5accredited schools, 7 programs
- Nebraska11accredited schools, 34 programs
- Nevada7accredited schools, 12 programs
- New Hampshire8accredited schools, 14 programs
- New Jersey16accredited schools, 23 programs
- New Mexico20accredited schools, 33 programs
- New York23accredited schools, 30 programs
- North Carolina62accredited schools, 229 programs
- North Dakota16accredited schools, 21 programs
- Ohio112accredited schools, 243 programs
- Oklahoma52accredited schools, 126 programs
- Oregon12accredited schools, 15 programs
- Pennsylvania43accredited schools, 65 programs
- Puerto Rico7accredited schools, 23 programs
- South Carolina9accredited schools, 16 programs
- South Dakota5accredited schools, 13 programs
- Tennessee57accredited schools, 86 programs
- Texas87accredited schools, 253 programs
- Utah17accredited schools, 30 programs
- Virginia34accredited schools, 79 programs
- Washington34accredited schools, 92 programs
- West Virginia17accredited schools, 23 programs
- Wisconsin24accredited schools, 52 programs
- Wyoming10accredited schools, 22 programs
Fewer than 5 accredited schools, so no page of their own: Alaska (4), Hawaii (3), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Rhode Island (1). Their programs are on each field's state page, with an "Accredited school" filter.
Accredited nursing and patient care programs by field
- RN programs1,200of 1,252 programs at accredited schools
- LPN programs896of 1,024 programs at accredited schools
- CNA classes882of 1,749 programs at accredited schools
- Medication aide training148of 293 programs at accredited schools
- Patient care technician training127of 278 programs at accredited schools
- Home health aide training45of 186 programs at accredited schools
Programs approved for WIOA funding in any state. Fields with a link have a page of accredited programs by state.
How the accredited nursing and patient care 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 nursing and patient care 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