CRNA Programs by State 2020 • My CRNA Life

*The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) requires all Nurse Anesthesia educational programs to award a practice doctoral degree to students matriculating on January 1, 2022, or thereafter.

Alabama

Samford University: 36 month DNP https://www.samford.edu/nursing/nurse-anesthesia

University of Alabama Birmingham: 36 month post-BSN to DNP https://www.uab.edu/nursing/home/academics/doctoral/dnp/bsn-to-dnp-nurse-anesthesia

Texas Wesleyan University: Distance learning Nurse Anesthesia program (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, Ohio and Texas): 28 month MSN, post-Master’s DNAP, 36 month DNAP https://txwes.edu/academics/health-professions/graduate-programs/nurse-anesthesia/

California State University Fullerton/Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia: 36 month DNP https://kpsan.org

Loma Linda University: 39 month DNP https://nursing.llu.edu/graduate-programs/bs-dnp/certified-registered-nurse-anesthetist-crna

National University: 36 month DNAP https://www.nu.edu/ourprograms/college-of-professional-studies/nursing/programs/doctor-of-nurse-anesthesia-practice-dnap/

University of Southern California: 36 month DNAP https://keck.usc.edu/nurse-anesthesia-program/about-nurse-anesthesia-program

Colorado

Connecticut

Quinnipiac University: 36 month DNP https://www.qu.edu/schools/nursing/programs/post-bachelors-doctor-nursing-practice-nurse-anesthesia.html

Fairfield University & Bridgeport Hospital: 36 month DNP https://www.fairfield.edu/graduate-and-professional-studies/egan-school-of-nursing-and-health-studies/programs/doctor-of-nursing-practice-anesthesia/index.html

Yale New Haven Hospital & Central Connecticut State University: 36 month DNAP, 24-36 month post-master’s DNAP https://www.ynhh.org/medical-professionals/sna.aspx

Integrated Anesthesia Associates & Central Connecticut State University: 36 month DNAP, post-master’s DNAP https://iaapartners.com/crna-school/

Delaware

Residents of this state may pay in-state tuition for CRNA Schools that are in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. This is part of the Academic Common Market (ACM) program.

Florida

Florida Gulf Coast University: 36 month DNP https://www.fgcu.edu/mariebcollege/nursing/nurseanesthesiology-bsndnp

Florida State University: (First DNAP cohort planned for Summer 2021 pending approval. Application deadline: Jan 15 2021. See link below.) 28 month MSNA https://pc.fsu.edu/nap/program

Florida International University: 36 month DNP-NA https://cnhs.fiu.edu/academics/nursing/nurse-anesthesia/index.html

Barry University: 36 month DNP, 24 month post-master’s DNP https://www.barry.edu/anesthesiology/

AdventHealth University: 36 month DNAP https://www.ahu.edu/academics/doctor-of-nurse-anesthesia-practice

University of Miami: 36 month DNP https://anesthesia.sonhs.miami.edu/

University of North Florida: 36 month DNP https://www.unf.edu/brooks/nurse-anesthesia/

University of South Florida: 36 month DNP https://health.usf.edu/nursing/graduate/programs/crna-dnp

Keiser University: 28 month MSN, 24 month post-Master’s DNAP https://www.keiseruniversity.edu/nurse-anesthesia-ms/

Georgia

Augusta University: 36 month DNP https://www.augusta.edu/nursing/programs/dnp/nap.php

Emory University: 36 month DNP https://nursing.emory.edu/admission-and-aid/doctoral-programs/anesthesia-dnp.html

Illinois

Rush University: 36 month DNP https://www.rushu.rush.edu/college-nursing/programs-admissions/nurse-anesthesia-dnp-crna-program

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: 36 month DNP. https://www.siue.edu/academics/graduate/degrees-and-programs/doctor-of-nursing-practice/nurse-anesthesia/

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine: 36 month DNP https://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/academics/college-of-health-professions/degree-programs/doctor-of-nursing-practice-entry-dnp/

Millikin University & Decatur Memorial Hospital: 36 month DNP https://millikin.edu/academics/graduate/dnp/areas-study/nurse-anesthesia-program

NorthShore University & DePaul University: 36 month DNP https://www.northshore.org/academics/academic-programs/other-programs/school-of-nurse-anesthesia/

Indiana

Marian University: 36 month DNP https://www.marian.edu/school-of-nursing/programs/doctor-of-nursing-practice/nurse-anesthesia-track

University of Saint Francis: “The BSN-DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program has discontinued all new admissions in preparation for program closure, following graduation of the final program cohort in August 2022.”

Iowa

University of Iowa: 36 month DNP https://nursing.uiowa.edu/anesthesia

Kansas

University of Kansas Medical Center: 36 month DNAP http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-health-professions/nurse-anesthesia-education.html

Newman University: “The Newman University program is currently in the process of obtaining approval by the COA to award the degree Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice. Until this accreditation approval is achieved, the Newman University program will only admit students into the Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia program.”

24 month MSNA https://newmanu.edu/academics/graduate-programs/nurse-anesthesia-wichita

Kentucky

Murray State University & Baptist Health: 36 month DNP https://www.murraystate.edu/academics/CollegesDepartments/nursing-and-health-professions/nursing/na/index.aspx

Northern Kentucky University: 36 month DNP, post-Master’s CRNA track (online) https://nku.edu/academics/chhs/programs/schools/nursing/nap.html

Louisiana

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center: 36 month DNP https://nursing.lsuhsc.edu/nap/

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University: 36 month DNP-NA https://franu.edu/academics/academic-programs/nurse-anesthesia

Maine

University of New England: 27 month MSNA https://www.une.edu/wchp/sna

Maryland

University of Maryland: 36 month DNP https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/academics/doctoral/dnp/dnp-nurse-anesthesia/

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: 36 months DNP https://www.usuhs.edu/gsn

Massachusetts

Boston College: 27 month MSN https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/cson/academics/masters-program/nurse-anesthesia-crna.html

36 month DNP (first doctoral cohort May 2021) https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/cson/academics/DNP-program/dnp-in-nurse-anesthesia.html

Northeastern University: 36 month DNP https://bouve.northeastern.edu/nursing/programs/doctor-of-nursing-practice-dnp-nurse-anesthesia/

Michigan

Oakland University Beaumont: 36 month DNP-NA https://oakland.edu/nursing/graduate-programs/DNP-NA/

Wayne State University: 36 month DNAP https://cphs.wayne.edu/nurse-anesthesia/

Michigan State University: 36 month DNP, post-Master’s DNP https://nursing.msu.edu/graduate/nurse-anesthesia

University of Detroit Mercy: 36 month DNP-NA https://healthprofessions.udmercy.edu/academics/na/

University of Michigan-Flint: 36 month DNAP https://www.umflint.edu/graduateprograms/anesthesia-entry-level-dnap

Minnesota

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine: 42 month DNAP, post-grad degree program for alumni & Mayo employees https://college.mayo.edu/academics/health-sciences-education/doctor-of-nurse-anesthesia-practice-program-minnesota/

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities: 36 month DNP https://www.nursing.umn.edu/doctor-nursing-practice-program/specialty-areas/nurse-anesthesia

Saint Mary University of Minnesota: “The program plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree in late 2020. Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in 2021.”

28 month MSNA https://www.smumn.edu/academics/graduate/health-human-services/m.s.-in-nurse-anesthesia

Minneapolis School of Anesthesia: “The final MSN cohort will matriculate in Fall, 2021.” 27 month MSN, 39 month DNP http://www.nurseanesthesia.org/

Mississippi

University of Southern Mississippi: 36 month DNP https://www.usm.edu/graduate-programs/nursing-nurse-anesthesia.php

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga & North Mississippi Medical Center (Tulepo): “Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in January 2021.” 27 month MSN https://www.utc.edu/nursing/crna/index.php

Missouri

Barnes Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing: 36 month DNP https://www.barnesjewishcollege.edu/Academics/Doctoral-Programs/Doctor-of-Nursing-Practice-Nurse-Anesthesia

Webster University: 36 month DNAP http://www.webster.edu/arts-and-sciences/academics/nurse-anesthesia/nurse-anesthesia.html

Truman Medical Centers School of Nurse Anesthesia: 36 month DNP-NA https://www.trumed.org/professional-education/school-of-nurse-anesthesia/

Missouri State School of Anesthesia: 36 month DNAP, post-Masters DNAP https://www.missouristate.edu/anesthesia/dnap/

Nebraska

Bryan College of Health Science: 36 month DNAP https://www.bryanhealthcollege.edu/bcohs/academic-programs/nurse-anesthesia/

Clarkson College: 36 month DNP-NA https://www.clarksoncollege.edu/nursing/degree-options/nurse-anesthesia/

New Jersey

Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center: “As of July 2020, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Nurse Anesthesia Program has applied to the COA for inactive admission status.”

Rutgers School of Nursing: 36 month DNP https://nursing.rutgers.edu/academics-admissions/graduate/dnp/anesthesia/

New York

Albany Medical College: “The Center for Nurse Anesthesiology (CNA) at Albany Medical College plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in 2020. Pending approval by the New York State Education Department and the COA, the CNA plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in 2022.”

28 month MSN https://www.amc.edu/academic/nurseanes/

Columbia University: “The program plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the DNP degree in 2019. Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students by summer 2021.”

27 month MSN https://www.nursing.columbia.edu/programs/masters-nurse-anesthesia

State University of New York at Buffalo: 36 month DNP http://grad.buffalo.edu/programs/nurse-anesthesia-dnp.htm

North Carolina

University of North Carolina Charlotte: 27 month MSN (no longer accepting applicants)

36 month DNP https://catalog.uncc.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=28&poid=7462 post-Master’s DNP https://catalog.uncc.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=28&poid=7463

University of North Carolina Greensboro: 36 month DNP-NA https://nursing.uncg.edu/academics/graduate/dnp/post-bsn-dnp-na/

Duke University: 36 month DNP-NA https://nursing.duke.edu/academic-programs/dnp-program-nursing/nurse-anesthesia-dnp

East Carolina University: 36 month DNP https://nursing.ecu.edu/dnp/crna/

Wake Forest School of Medicine: 24 month MSN, 36 month DNP https://school.wakehealth.edu/Education-and-Training/Nursing-Programs/Nurse-Anesthesia-CRNA-Program

Western Carolina University: 36 month DNP https://www.wcu.edu/learn/departments-schools-colleges/HHS/nursing/grad-programs/msnanes/index.aspx

North Dakota

University of North Dakota: 36 month DNP https://und.edu/programs/nurse-anesthesia-dnp/

Ohio

Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Case Western Reserve University: 36 month DNP https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/anesthesiology/medical-professionals/school-of-nurse-anesthesia

Otterbein University: 36 month DNP https://www.otterbein.edu/programs/nurse-anesthesia-bsn-to-dnp/

Case Western Reserve University/Frances Payne Bolton: DNP, post-Master’s DNP https://case.edu/nursing/programs/dnp/nurse-anesthesia-dnp

Lourdes University: “The program plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the Doctor of Nursing Practice-Nurse Anesthesia degree in May 2020. Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in May 2022.”

28 month MSN https://www.lourdes.edu/admissions/graduate-admissions/nap/

University of Akron: “The program plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in June of 2020 pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in June of 2022.”

27 month MSN https://www.uakron.edu/nursing/academic-programs/graduate-programs/msn/anesthesia.dot

Youngstown State University/St. Elizabeth Health Center: 36 month DNP https://ysu.edu/academics/bitonte-college-health-and-human-services/dnp

University of Cincinnati: 36 month DNP https://nursing.uc.edu/academic-programs/dnp/nurse-anesthesia-bsn-to-dnp.html

Oklahoma

Oregon

Oregon Health & Science University: 36 month DNP https://www.ohsu.edu/school-of-nursing/nurse-anesthesia

Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh: 36 month DNP, post-Masters DNP (online) https://www.nursing.pitt.edu/degree-programs/doctor-nursing-practice-dnp/bsn-dnp-nurse-anesthesia-onsite

University of Pennsylvania: 36 month DNP-NA https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nurse-anesthesia/

Thomas Jefferson University: 36 month DNP https://www.jefferson.edu/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/nursing/degrees-programs/doctor-nursing-practice/post-bachelor-science-dnp-anesthesia.html

Bloomsburg University/Geisinger: “The Geisinger/Bloomsburg University Nurse anesthesia program will transition to the BSN to DNP entry program in May 2021 with our first cohort scheduled to graduate May 2024. The last Bloomsburg University BSN to MSN cohort is scheduled to graduate in May 2023.”

32 month MSN https://www.bloomu.edu/gradschool/nurse-anesthesia

Drexel University: “The Nurse Anesthesia program is no longer accepting applications for its final MSN cohort. The program is in the process of applying to its accrediting agency for the DNP degree. Applicants for the DNP will be welcomed to apply starting in early 2021, however the earliest approval date for the DNP would be spring of 2021 with an anticipated start date for the first DNP cohort in the spring quarter 2022.” https://drexel.edu/cnhp/academics/graduate/MSN-Nursing-Nurse-Anesthesia/

La Roche College/Allegheny School of Anesthesia: “The program plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the DNAP degree in September 2020. Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in January 2022.”

24 month MHS/MSN https://www.laroche.edu/Academics/Areas_of_Study/Nurse_Anesthesia/Graduate_Program/

24 month post-Master’s DNAP https://www.laroche.edu/Admissions/Graduate/Requirements_and_Application/Doctor_of_Nurse_Anesthesia_Practice_(Online)/

Saint Vincent College/Excela: 36 month DNAP https://www.stvincent.edu/academics/graduate-programs/doctor-of-nurse-anesthesia-practice

University of Scranton: 36 month DNP https://www.scranton.edu/academics/graduate-education/programs/pcps/nursing/dnp-nurse-anesthesia.shtml

UPMC Hamot/Gannon University: “UPMC Hamot School of Anesthesia is planning for our first Doctorate of Nursing Practice class in May 2022. Applications being accepted now.”

28 month MSN https://www.hamotschoolofanesthesia.org/

Villanova University/Chester Crozer Medical Center: 36 month DNP https://www1.villanova.edu/university/nursing/academic-programs/graduate/doctor-nursing-practice/nurse-anesthesia-track.html

La Salle University: 51 month DNP https://www.lasalle.edu/doctor-of-nursing-practice-anesthesia/

York College of Pennsylvania/WellSpan Health: 36 month MSN/DNP http://yorkcrnaprogram.com/

Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico: 29 month MSN-SA https://enfermeria.rcm.upr.edu/academic-programs/master-degree/nurse-anesthesia-program/

InterAmerican University: “The program plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the Doctorate Nurse Anesthetic Practice (DNAP) degree in August 2021. Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in August 2022.”

28 month MSN http://www.arecibo.inter.edu/department/ciencias-en-anestesia-msa/

Antillean Adventist University: 24 month MSN https://www.uaa.edu/esp/index.php/anesthesia-admission-requirements

Rhode Island

St. Joseph Hospital School of Nurse Anesthesia: “The program plans to submit its application to the COA in the spring of 2021 for approval to award the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree by January 2025. Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in January 2022.”

30 month MSN https://www.sjhsna.com/

South Carolina

University of South Carolina: 36 month DNAP https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/medicine/education/graduate_programs/nurse_anesthesia/index.php

Medical University of South Carolina: 36 month DNAP https://education.musc.edu/admissions/ready-to-apply/apply-now/doctor-nurse-anesthesia-postb

South Dakota

Mount Marty College: 36 month DNAP https://www.mountmarty.edu/sioux-falls/

Tennessee

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: “Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in January 2021.” 27 month MSN https://www.utc.edu/nursing/crna/index.php

Lincoln Memorial University: “The program plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the Doctor of Nurse Practice degree in August, 2020. Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in January, 2022.”

28 month MSN https://www.lmunet.edu/academics/graduate-professional/masters-degree/master-of-science-in-nursing-msn/nurse-anesthesia/index.php

Union University: 36 month DNP, CRNA-DNP, post-Master’s DNP https://www.uu.edu/programs/nursing/anesthesia/

Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia: DNAP, ASPM Fellowship, post-Master’s DNAP https://mtsa.edu/

University of Tennessee Health Science Center: 36 month DNP https://www.uthsc.edu/nursing/dnp/crna.php

University of Tennessee Knoxville: 36 month DNP https://nursing.utk.edu/graduate-programs/doctor-of-nursing-practice-dnp/nursing-anesthesia/

Texas

Texas Wesleyan University: 28 month MSN, post-Master’s DNAP, 36 month DNAP https://txwes.edu/academics/health-professions/graduate-programs/nurse-anesthesia/

Baylor College of Medicine: 36 month DNP, 24 month post-Master’s DNP https://www.bcm.edu/education/school-of-health-professions/dnp-program-nurse-anesthesia

Texas Christian University: 36 month DNP-A, Advanced Pain Management Fellowship https://harriscollege.tcu.edu/nurse-anesthesia/

University of Texas Houston: 36 month DNP https://nursing.uth.edu/prospstudent/anesthesia/

U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing/Baylor University: “The 2022 cohort application opens February 1, 2021.”

36 month DNP https://www.baylor.edu/nursing/armydnp/

Utah

Westminster College: “The program plans to submit its application to the COA for approval to award the Doctor of Nursing Practice in September 2019. Pending approval by the COA, the program plans to enroll its first doctoral cohort of students in May 2022.”

29 month MSN https://westminstercollege.edu/graduate/programs/master-of-science-in-nurse-anesthesia

Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University: post-Master’s DNAP, 36 month DNAP https://nrsa.chp.vcu.edu/

Old Dominion University: 36 month DNP https://www.odu.edu/nursing/graduate/dnp/anesthesia

Washington

Gonzaga University & Sacred Heart Medical Center: 36 month DNAP https://www.gonzaga.edu/school-of-nursing-human-physiology/departments/doctor-of-nurse-anesthesia

Washington D.C.

Georgetown University: 36 month DNAP https://nurseanesthesia.georgetown.edu/

West Virginia

Charleston Area Medical Center: 36 month DNAP http://www.camcinstitute.org/anesthesia/default.htm

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin La-Crosse/Franciscan Healthcare School of Anesthesia/Viterbo University: 36 month MS in Biology/DNP https://www.uwlax.edu/grad/biology/nurse-anesthesia/

Marquette University: 36 month DNP https://www.marquette.edu/nursing/graduate/nurse-anesthesia.php

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh: 36 month DNP https://uwosh.edu/con/graduate/doctoral/anesthesia/