Ohio State offers 4 Family Nurse Practitioner Tracks:
- MSN
- BSN to DNP
- Post-Master’s Study Option – FNP
- Graduate Entry MSN – FNP (for non-nurses)
Program Tracks Overview
| Program | Est. Tuition | Est. Duration | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSN | $67.7K | 5-7 sem | 59 |
| BSN-DNP | $97.8K | 3-4 yrs | 83 |
| Post-Master’s | Varies | Varies | Varies |
| Graduate Entry | Not stated | 3 yrs | 96-116 |
Tuition shown as in-state / out-of-state for the online versions of each track, and includes mandatory fees. Derived figures; see Tuition.
Ohio State’s defining advantage is the number of doors into one FNP specialty: four separate pathways lead to the same credential, including a graduate-entry route for people with no nursing background. The trade-off is a rigid front door, with one specialty per application, one entry term per year, and a required recorded video interview.
Quick Facts
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Program Types | MSN, BSN to DNP, Post-Master’s Study Option, and a Graduate Entry MSN for non-nurses. |
| Format | Mostly Online for MSN, BSN-DNP, and Post-Master’s. Graduate Entry is campus only. On-campus versions also exist. |
| Clinical Hours | 675 for both the online MSN and BSN-DNP. Not separately published for the other two tracks. |
| Clinical Placement | College of Nursing placement office assists in locating sites and preceptors, near the student’s home when possible. |
| Population | Individuals and families across the lifespan in primary care settings. |
| Distinctive Coursework | NURS 7415 Clinical Reasoning with Diagnostic Methods; NURS 5115 MINDSTRONG resilience course in the BSN-DNP plan. |
| Concentrations | None inside FNP. One specialty is chosen at application, and switching after admission is rare. |
| RN License Requirements | Active, unencumbered RN license in your practice state by August 1. Graduate Entry applicants need none. |
| Entry Terms | Autumn for the MSN and BSN-DNP. Summer for Post-Master’s FNP and Graduate Entry. Two application rounds. |
| Interview | A recorded HireVue video interview is required for every pathway. Missing it cancels the application. |
| Enrollment Restrictions | Applicants must reside in an authorized state. Ohio State participates in SARA; availability varies by program. |
| Tuition | $1,055.07 per credit online, $1,064.37 on campus, plus a nursing program fee up to $2,000 per semester. |
| Accreditation | CCNE accredits the master’s, DNP, and post-graduate APRN certificate programs. Institutional accreditor is HLC. |
MSN – Family Nurse Practitioner
The estimated tuition for the online MSN FNP track at Ohio State is approximately $67,700 for Ohio residents, covering 59 credits billed at $1,055.07 per credit plus mandatory fees. The program can generally be completed in about seven semesters part time, or roughly five semesters full time, with credit loads ranging from 5 to 11.5 per term.
Official program page: Master of Science in Nursing in Family Nurse Practitioner.
MSN Curriculum
A master’s plan built on doctoral course numbers. Four of the thirteen courses in the MSN plan carry NRSPRCT doctoral prefixes and titles written for DNP students: Leadership, Role and Collaboration for the DNP; Health Promotion, Theory, and Population Health; Nursing Policy for Doctoral Nursing Practice; and the Final Professional Seminar. This is not cosmetic. It means the master’s student sits in doctoral-level policy and leadership coursework, and it explains why the BSN-DNP adds only 24 credits on top of the MSN rather than rebuilding the core.
Clinical work is loaded at the end. The first four semesters are entirely didactic. All 30 practicum credits fall in the final three terms, which is why Ohio State warns that the clinical year runs full time at three to four days per week. Nurses planning to keep working should assume the last year is the hard one, not the first.
A separate diagnostic reasoning course. NURS 7415, Clinical Reasoning with Diagnostic Methods, is taught as its own two-credit course alongside the first practicum instead of being folded into assessment. Most FNP programs teach diagnostic reasoning inside advanced health assessment. Splitting it out gives it dedicated contact time at the exact moment students start seeing patients.
Representative courses:
- NURS 7450 Pathophysiology of Altered Health States (5 credits)
- NURS 7410 Advanced Health Assessment (4 credits)
- NURS 7470 Advanced Pharmacology in Nursing (4 credits)
- NURS 7415 Clinical Reasoning with Diagnostic Methods for Advanced Nursing Practice (2 credits)
- NURS 7483 Quality Improvement and Informatics (3 credits)
- NURS 7780 Evidence Based Nursing Scholarship (3 credits)
- NRSPRCT 8406 Leadership, Role and Collaboration for the DNP (3 credits)
- NURS 7268.01 / .02 / .03 Advanced Nursing Practice FNP Clinical Practicum I, II, and III (9, 10.5, and 10.5 credits)
More curriculum details are available here.
You Should Know
- The College of Nursing lists the MSN as 53 to 73 credit hours across all nine specialties. The FNP-specific figure is 59. Use 59 when comparing costs.
- Ohio State’s own MSN FNP page carries two conflicting rankings in the same block: a graphic labeling the FNP program #3 and body text describing it as #1 in the country. The College of Nursing page separately lists #3 for the master’s and #2 tied for the DNP.
- The published plan of study labels the third practicum “Clinical Practicum I.” The course number, NURS 7268.03, indicates it is the third in the sequence.
MSN Clinical Requirements
- 675 total clinical hours required.
- Delivered across three practicum courses totaling 30 credits: 9, 10.5, and 10.5.
- Works out to 22.5 clinical hours per practicum credit, or roughly 15 hours per week across three terms. Ohio State’s own guidance says 16 to 20 hours per week.
- The College of Nursing placement office assists in locating clinical sites and preceptors.
- Placements are arranged local to the student when possible, at approved sites in Ohio and other authorized states.
- Two-day on-campus visits are required during each of the last three semesters for in-person skills evaluation. These are scheduled in advance.
675 hours sits 175 above the 500-hour national certification floor and in the upper half of the 600 to 700 range most FNP programs use. That is meaningful volume, and the placement office involvement matters more than the number. Programs that leave preceptor hunting entirely to the student can stall a graduation date by a full semester. Ohio State assists but does not promise placement, so treat it as support rather than a guarantee, and start conversations with potential sites early.
You Should Know
- The two-day campus visits in the final three semesters mean up to six days in Columbus. Budget travel and lodging for a program otherwise marketed as online.
- Ohio State does not publish a placement success rate, an average time to placement, or a policy on what happens if a site cannot be found. Ask directly.
- Whether the 675 hours are all direct patient care or include simulation and skills days is not clearly stated.
MSN Admissions
Two features stand out: a recorded video interview that is mandatory rather than invitational, and a single autumn entry term with two application rounds. Missing the interview cancels the application outright.
- BSN from a CCNE-, ACEN-, or CNEA-accredited program.
- Active, unencumbered RN license in the state where you practice, held by August 1. You may apply before licensure.
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in the most recent relevant degree. Lower GPAs may still be considered under holistic review.
- Recorded online interview through HireVue, completed before the application deadline.
- Three letters of recommendation, with at least two suggested from academic sources.
- Purpose and goals statement, no more than three pages.
- Resume or CV, and official transcripts from every institution attended.
- $60 application fee.
- Autumn 2027 Round 1 opened August 3, 2026 with an October 16, 2026 deadline. Round 2 opens October 17, 2026. Term starts August 24, 2027.
You Should Know
- You choose one specialty at application. Switching after admission is described as extremely unlikely, and you cannot apply to two specialties at once.
- You also select full-time or part-time and online or on-campus at application. Ohio State tries to honor the request but may admit you to the other status.
- Admission cannot be deferred. If you cannot start in your admitted term, you reapply.
- Applicants must reside in a state where Ohio State is authorized to enroll online students. Verify your state before investing in the application.
- Apply under “Nursing – MS – Traditional MS.” The similarly named online option is reserved for a different nursing master’s, and choosing it routes your application to the wrong program.
BSN to DNP – Family Nurse Practitioner
The estimated tuition for the online BSN to DNP FNP track at Ohio State is approximately $97,800 for Ohio residents, covering 83 credits billed at $1,055.07 per credit plus mandatory fees.
The program can generally be completed in three years full time or four years part time, including summers, with the published part-time plan running eleven semesters.
Official program page: BSN to Doctor of Nursing Practice – Family Nurse Practitioner.
BSN-DNP Curriculum
The clinical training is identical to the MSN. Both tracks require 675 clinical hours and the same three practicum courses at the same credit values. The doctorate adds 24 credits, and none of them are clinical. They are evidence-based practice methods, health informatics, healthcare economics, and a four-course DNP project sequence. Choosing the DNP over the MSN buys credentials, scholarship training, and leadership coursework. It does not buy more patient contact.
You certify before you finish. BSN-DNP students earn the MSN partway through and become eligible to sit for FNP certification at that point, typically in the second-to-last year. In the published plan, the practicum sequence ends in spring of Year 3, leaving a full year of project work after you are already able to practice as a certified FNP.
A required resilience course. NURS 5115 MINDSTRONG is a one-credit course delivering an evidence-based program to reduce stress and build mental resiliency. Very few FNP curricula include clinician well-being as a graded requirement rather than an optional wellness resource.
Campus obligation. The same page that describes “100% online coursework” also states that online students must attend two-day on-campus visits during the last three semesters.
Treat the on-campus requirement as the operative fact and plan travel accordingly.
Representative courses beyond the shared FNP core:
- NRSPRCT 8785 Foundations of Evidence Based Practice (2 credits)
- NRSPRCT 8786 Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence Based Practice (2 credits)
- NRSPRCT 8781 Method and Measurement for the Evaluation of Evidence-Based Nursing (2 credits)
- NRSPRCT 8610 Health Informatics and Technology for the DNP (2 credits)
- NRSPRCT 8605 Healthcare Economics and Finance for the DNP (2 credits)
- NURS 5115 MINDSTRONG (1 credit)
- NRSPRCT 8896 / 8897 / 8898.01 / 8898.02 DNP Systems Application I through IV (2, 3, 4, and 4 credits)
- NRSPRCT 8998.01 / 8998.02 DNP Final Document Project I and II (1 credit each)
More curriculum details are available here.
You Should Know
- The College of Nursing lists the BSN-DNP as 79 to 92 credit hours across nine specialties. The FNP-specific figure is 83.
- Part-time semester loads swing from 4 credits to 13.5. Because per-credit charges stop at 8 credits, heavy semesters cost the same as an 8-credit semester while light ones cost proportionally more per credit.
- Nurse anesthesia students carry a $5,000 program fee. FNP students do not, but the fee appears on the same tuition table and is easy to misread.
BSN-DNP Clinical Requirements
- 675 total clinical hours required, the same figure published for the MSN.
- Delivered through NURS 7268.01, .02, and .03, totaling 30 credits.
- The DNP project sequence, 8896 through 8998.02, is scholarly work and is not counted as clinical practicum hours in the published plan.
- The College of Nursing placement office assists in locating sites and preceptors.
- Preceptors are available in Ohio and in other authorized states.
- Two-day on-campus visits are required during each of the last three semesters.
The practical implication is that the doctorate does not deepen clinical exposure relative to the master’s at Ohio State. If your goal is maximum supervised patient contact before certification, the two tracks are equivalent and the MSN gets you there roughly two years sooner. The DNP earns its extra time through the project, the leadership sequence, and the terminal degree itself. Note also that the clinical block sits in the middle of the DNP timeline rather than at the end, so the final year is writing-heavy rather than clinic-heavy.
You Should Know
- Whether DNP immersion or systems-application hours count toward any additional practice-hour requirement is not clearly stated in the published plan.
- Ohio State does not publish an FNP certification pass rate for either track.
BSN-DNP Admissions
Requirements track the MSN closely, with one addition worth noting: applicants must reside in an authorized state, stated as an admission criterion rather than buried in a disclosure page.
- BSN or MSN from a CCNE-, ACEN-, or CNEA-accredited program, conferred by August 1 before enrollment.
- Active, unencumbered RN license in your practice state by August 1.
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in the most recent relevant degree.
- Recorded HireVue video interview, completed by the deadline.
- Three letters of recommendation addressing clinical and leadership ability.
- Purpose and goals statement, no more than three single-spaced pages.
- Residence in a state authorized for the program.
- Autumn 2027 Round 1 deadline was October 16, 2026. Round 1 decisions arrive in early December, Round 2 in late April.
You Should Know
- No verification of hours form is required for BSN-DNP applicants, even though it appears on the application checklist. It is waived automatically.
- Admission cannot be deferred, and offers not accepted within four weeks are cancelled.
- Nurse anesthesia students may not work during the program. That restriction does not apply to FNP students, but the clinical year still runs three to four days per week.
Post-Master’s Study Option – FNP
Tuition for the Post-Master’s Study Option at Ohio State is not published as a total, because the credit count is set individually after admission.
At the online rate of $1,055.07 per credit plus the nursing program fee, cost scales directly with how much of your prior graduate coursework is waived. Program length varies for the same reason and is determined only after a faculty review of your transcripts and syllabi.
Official program page: Post-Master’s Study Option.
Post-Master’s Curriculum
An individualized plan, not a fixed certificate. After admission, the specialty director and academic dean review coursework from your previous master’s degree. You submit syllabi within a short window, some requirements may be waived, and you complete the remainder at Ohio State. There is no published course list because no two plans are the same.
Core online, specialty by track. All Post-Master’s students complete core coursework online. FNP specialty coursework follows the online specialty pattern: synchronous online classes plus scheduled on-campus sessions during clinical courses for skills and simulation. Clinical experiences are arranged local to the student when possible.
You Should Know
- This option does not lead to an additional degree from Ohio State. It prepares you for certification only.
- Coursework cannot be evaluated before you apply. You will not know the length or cost of your plan until after admission.
- Clinical hour totals for this pathway are not clearly stated.
Post-Master’s Admissions
This pathway is narrower than it looks. You need both an MSN and current APRN certification, and if your master’s did not lead to APRN certification you are ineligible.
- MSN from a CCNE-, ACEN-, or CNEA-accredited institution, plus current APRN certification. Both must be finalized by August 1.
- Current enrollment in Ohio State’s Post-Master’s DNP program is an accepted alternative basis for admission.
- Active, unencumbered RN license in your practice state by August 1.
- Minimum 3.0 GPA in the last relevant degree earned.
- Recorded HireVue interview before the deadline.
- Two letters of recommendation, uploaded by the applicant rather than sent directly by recommenders.
- FNP applicants apply for the summer term. Summer 2027 Round 1 deadline was October 16, 2026.
You Should Know
- Post-Master’s students are non-degree seeking and are not eligible for many types of financial aid. This is the single largest practical difference between this route and the MSN or BSN-DNP.
- Ohio State’s own guidance is that applicants who want maximum financial aid should apply to the MSN or BSN-DNP instead and request course waivers after admission.
- FNP applies for summer while most other specialties apply for autumn. Confirm your term before you build a timeline.
Graduate Entry MSN – FNP
Total tuition for the Graduate Entry MSN is not published for the FNP specialty, and the 96 to 116 credit range covers all seven graduate entry specialties rather than FNP alone.
At the on-campus resident rate of $1,064.37 per credit plus fees, this is by a wide margin the most expensive of the four pathways. The program takes three years of full-time study including summers.
Official program page: Graduate Entry Master of Science in Nursing.
Graduate Entry Curriculum
Two programs stacked into one. The first five semesters are a pre-licensure nursing curriculum. Students then sit for the NCLEX and continue into MSN specialty coursework. You choose FNP at application, before you have ever practiced as a nurse, and switching later is rarely accommodated.
No BSN is awarded. Graduates receive an MSN only. You become eligible for the NCLEX after completing the pre-licensure courses, and you cannot transfer into the RN to BSN program, because Graduate Entry does not award an associate degree or diploma.
Columbus residency is required. Most pre-licensure courses are on campus with lab and clinical components. Ohio State instructs students to plan to live in the Columbus area throughout the program. Only the neonatal specialty allows relocation after the pre-licensure phase.
You Should Know
- Prerequisites must be complete, with a B- or higher, by the application deadline. Courses in progress are not considered, and AP or other credit by examination is not accepted.
- Required prerequisites are human anatomy with lab, human physiology, human nutrition, microbiology with lab, and pharmacology.
- FNP-specific credit hours, tuition, and clinical hour totals are not clearly stated for this pathway.
- Students complete three to four semesters of clinical coursework after licensure, but the total practicum hour figure is not published.
Graduate Entry Admissions
This is the only Ohio State FNP pathway open to applicants without a nursing license, and the only one that screens on undergraduate science coursework rather than nursing experience.
- A non-nursing bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, conferred before the program begins.
- Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA across all college-level work.
- All prerequisite coursework completed with a B- or higher by the deadline.
- Recorded HireVue video interview with four questions, completed before the deadline.
- Three letters of recommendation, with at least two suggested from academic sources.
- Purpose and goals statement, no more than three pages.
- Summer 2027 Round 1 deadline was October 16, 2026. Round 1 decisions arrive in late January, Round 2 in late April.
You Should Know
- No RN license is required to apply, which makes this the widest entry point at Ohio State and the narrowest in terms of who can realistically relocate for it.
- Working during the program is discouraged. Students who do typically cap it at 10 to 15 hours per week, and the final year runs three to four days per week of clinical and didactic work.
- Taking a break after NCLEX to work and returning later is discouraged. Ohio State expects students to follow the three-year plan.
- Admission cannot be deferred.
Tuition
Ohio State charges graduate nursing tuition by the credit hour, not by a flat program price. For the 2026-27 year, the cost per credit is $1,055.07 for online students (a $1,021.13 instructional fee plus a $33.94 general fee) and $1,064.37 for on-campus students (the same two components plus a $9.30 student union fee). Both the master’s and the DNP carry the same instructional rate.
Two structural rules change what those numbers actually mean.
Per-credit charges stop at 8 credits. Ohio State’s tuition table states that per-credit-hour fees are not to exceed the total cost of 8 credit hours. In practice this means a 13.5-credit semester is billed exactly like an 8-credit semester. Across the published MSN plan, 59 enrolled credits become 50 billable credits. Across the BSN-DNP plan, 83 become 72.
Fees are charged per semester and are large. The nursing program fee alone reaches $2,000 in any semester of 8 or more credits.
Fee Stack, Full-Time Semester (8+ Credits)
| Component | Online | On Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Instructional and general fees (8 credits) | $8,440.56 | $8,514.96 |
| Nursing program fee | $2,000.00 | $2,000.00 |
| Learning technology / nursing distance learning fee | $248.00 | $259.04 |
| Distance learning program fee | $100.00 | — |
| Activity, recreation, and transit fees | — | $190.50 |
| Semester total (Ohio resident) | $10,788.56 | $10,964.50 |
| Effective cost per credit | $1,348.57 | $1,370.56 |
Estimated Program Totals
| Track | Online Resident | Online Non-Resident | Campus Resident | Campus Non-Resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSN (59 cr) | $67,690 | $69,090 | $68,779 | $166,251 |
| BSN-DNP (83 cr) | $97,793 | $99,993 | $99,364 | $239,723 |
These are derived figures, not published totals. Method: each semester of Ohio State’s published sample plan of study was priced at the applicable per-credit rate up to the 8-credit cap, then the nursing program fee, technology fee, and per-semester fees were added at their stated tier for that credit load. The MSN model uses the 7-semester part-time plan; the BSN-DNP model uses the 11-semester part-time plan. A full-time schedule compresses the calendar and reduces the number of semesters carrying per-semester fees, which lowers the total.
Confirmed costs:
- Online tuition rate: $1,055.07 per credit hour.
- On-campus tuition rate: $1,064.37 per credit hour.
- Nursing program fee: $250 per credit for 1 to 7 credits, $2,000 flat at 8 or more.
- Learning technology fee: $43.17 per credit for 1 to 5 credits, $259.04 at 6 or more.
- Nursing distance learning fee: $248.00 per semester, replacing the learning technology fee for online College of Nursing students.
- University distance learning program fee: $100.00 per semester.
- On-campus per-semester fees: $39.50 activity, $137.50 recreation at 4 or more credits, $13.50 transit.
- Non-resident surcharge, online: $200.00 flat per term.
- Non-resident surcharge, on campus: $1,949.44 per credit hour, also subject to the 8-credit cap.
- Application fee: $60.
Be aware that:
- The out-of-state penalty depends entirely on modality. Online non-residents pay $200 per term. On-campus non-residents pay $1,949.44 per credit, which adds $15,595.52 to a single full-time semester. For the MSN that is a gap of roughly $97,000 between the two out-of-state routes.
- The advertised per-credit rate is not the real rate. Once mandatory fees are included, the effective cost is about $1,349 per credit online and $1,371 on campus for a full-time semester. Budget from the effective figure.
- Light semesters are expensive per credit. At 5 credits the program fee is charged per credit rather than capped, and the per-semester fees do not shrink. A 5-credit online semester costs about $6,873, or $1,375 per credit.
- Ohio State’s tuition table cites the graduate nursing learning technology fee as $259.00 in one place and $259.04 in the fee schedule. The difference is trivial but signals that the tables are maintained separately.
- The $5,000 program fee listed for nursing appears on the same page as FNP costs but applies only to the nurse anesthesia BSN-DNP track.
- Post-Master’s students are non-degree seeking and are ineligible for many forms of financial aid. Price this pathway against the MSN before choosing it.
- Rates shown are for autumn 2026 through summer 2027. Ohio State does not publish a multi-year rate lock, so assume annual increases across a three or four year program.
- Graduate Entry and Post-Master’s totals cannot be estimated reliably because FNP-specific credit counts are not published for either.
Official tuition page: Ohio State College of Nursing tuition and fees.
The honest summary is that Ohio State is not a low-cost FNP option for anyone, and the fee stack is what makes it so. Roughly a fifth of what an online resident pays is fees rather than tuition. What changes the calculation is residency and modality: an out-of-state nurse who studies online pays within $1,400 of an Ohio resident across the entire MSN, while the same nurse on campus would pay well over twice as much. If you are out of state, the online track is the only version of Ohio State that is financially reasonable.
Why Choose This FNP Program?
Best suited for nurses who want a research-university FNP credential with strong institutional backing, and who can accept an admissions process that gives them one shot per year at one specialty.
Four ways in, including one for non-nurses. Most schools offer an MSN, a DNP, and a certificate. Ohio State adds a graduate entry pathway that takes someone with a non-nursing bachelor’s degree from zero to FNP in three years. If you are a career changer, that pathway is rare enough that it may decide the school for you. If you are already an RN, the practical value is different: it signals a college that runs pre-licensure, master’s, doctoral, and post-master’s nursing education simultaneously, which is why the placement office and the specialty faculty are as deep as they are.
The MSN and DNP give you the same clinical training. Both require 675 hours and the same three practicum courses. The doctorate adds 24 credits of evidence-based practice, informatics, economics, and a project sequence, plus roughly $30,000 and two more years. Because BSN-DNP students earn the MSN and become certification-eligible partway through, you can practice as an FNP while finishing the doctorate. That makes the DNP a reasonable choice if you want the terminal degree, and an unnecessary one if you only want to see patients.
The trade-off is rigidity, and it is real. One entry term per year for the MSN and BSN-DNP. One specialty per application, with switching described as extremely unlikely. A mandatory recorded interview that voids the application if skipped. No deferrals. Required campus visits in the final three semesters despite the online label. And a fee structure that adds roughly $300 per credit above the advertised rate. None of these are disqualifying, but they all reward planning a year ahead and punish improvisation.
Accreditation
The master’s degree program in nursing at The Ohio State University College of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Initial accreditation dates to April 16, 1998. The most recent accreditation action was November 3, 2025, following an on-site evaluation held November 3 to 5, 2025, with the term running through June 30, 2036 and the next on-site evaluation scheduled for fall 2035.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program and the Post-Graduate APRN Certificate program are separately accredited by CCNE, and the baccalaureate program carries the same 2025 reaccreditation and 2036 expiration. This matters for the Post-Master’s Study Option: it does not award an Ohio State degree, but it sits under an accredited post-graduate APRN certificate scope.
The Ohio State University is institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The College of Nursing is recognized by the National League for Nursing as a Center of Excellence.
Ohio State states that graduates are eligible for national FNP board certification through both the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board. Dual eligibility is the norm for FNP graduates, but it is worth confirming in writing that your specific pathway carries it, particularly for the Post-Master’s option.
Official accreditation page: College of Nursing accreditation and recognition.
You Should Know
- Ohio State participates in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements, but SARA participation is not the same as program authorization. Online availability varies by specialty and by degree level, and applicants must reside in an authorized state at the time of enrollment.
- Third-party directories publish conflicting lists of which states are closed to Ohio State’s online nursing programs. Do not rely on them. Check Ohio State’s own state authorization page and get your status confirmed in writing before applying.
- The program meets APRN licensure requirements in Ohio. If you intend to license elsewhere, review that state’s educational and licensure requirements directly with its board of nursing.
- California is not a SARA member state. Ohio State states it may serve California students under separate state law rather than through SARA.
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