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Accreditation Decisions


The Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics made the following accreditation decisions at its July 16-18, 2025 meeting.

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Grant Candidacy for Accreditation

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

  • University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas

Graduate Program in Dietetics

  • California Baptist University, Riverside, Calif.

Full and Continued Accreditation after a Site Visit

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
  • Florida International University, Miami, Fla.
  • Mansfield University, Mansfield, Pa.
  • Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
  • University of Wisconsin-Stout, Stout, Wis.

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Augusta University, Augusta, Ga.
  • Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
  • Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • University of Wisconsin-Stout, Stout, Wis.
  • Florida Department of Health in Pasco County, Hudson, Fla.
  • Medical City Healthcare, Coppell, Texas
  • Saint Elizabeth University, Morristown, N.J.
  • University of Maryland College Park, College Park, Md.

Graduate Program in Dietetics

  • Teachers College Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
  • UW Health, Madison, Wis.
  • SUNY Buffalo State University, Buffalo, N.Y.

Foreign Dietitian Education Program

  • Qatar University, Doha Qatar

Continue Accreditation after Progress Report

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • Dominican University, River Forest, Ill.
  • University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
  • Alabama A&M University, Normal, Ala.
  • Brooklyn College-CUNY, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Calif.
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pa.
  • McNeese State University, Lake Charles, La.
  • Northeastern State University, Muskogee, Okla.
  • University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Ind.
  • Life University, Marietta, Ga.
  • Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
  • Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky.

Coordinated Program

  • Dominican University, River Forest, Ill.
  • Keiser University, Lakeland, Fla.
  • Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Dietetic Internship Program

  • The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tenn.
  • Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
  • McNeese State University, Lake Charles, La.
  • Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Miss.
  • NutraCo, Hollywood, Fla.
  • Priority Nutrition Care, Hingham, Mass.
  • Public Health Foundation Enterprises, City of Industry, Calif.
  • Queens College – CUNY, Flushing, N.Y.
  • West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.
  • Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky.

Dietetic Technician Program

  • Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead, N.Y.
  • Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio

Place on a Reduced Accreditation Term after Site Visit

Dietetic Technician Program

  • Camden County College, Blackwood, N.J.

Place or Continue on a Reduced Accreditation Term after Progress Report

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • California State University Northridge, Northridge, Calif.
  • Johnson & Wales University, Providence, R.I.
  • Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tenn.

Graduate Program in Dietetics

  • North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, N.C.

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Nutrition Ink, Banning, Calif.
  • Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, La.

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

  • Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Gurabo, P.R.
  • Delaware State University, Dover, Del.

Substantive Program Changes

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Wash. – approve two-year admission hold
  • Ohio University, Athens, Ohio – approve administrative structure change and mission statement

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Ohio University, Athens, Ohio – approve administrative structure change and mission statement
  • Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. – approve resume active status Fall 2025

Programs Voluntarily Closing

(Submitted a Teach-out Plan)

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • The University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tenn. – effective June 30, 2028

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Benedictine University, Lisle, Ill. – effective June 30, 2026
  • California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif. – effective May 31, 2026
  • The University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tenn. – effective January 25, 2029

Graduate Program in Dietetics

  • Cox College, Springfield, Mo. – effective August 31, 2026

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

  • Keiser University, Lakeland, Fla. – effective April 30, 2029

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