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 April 20, 2026 meeting.

You can access all accreditation decisions from 2015-2026 from the left navigation bar.

Grant Candidacy for Accreditation

Dietetic Internship Program

• California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.

Full and Continued Accreditation after a Site Visit

Didactic Program in Dietetics

• Samford University, Birmingham, Ala.
• New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N.M.
• University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
• Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
• Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
• University of California Davis, Davis, Calif.
• Benedictine University, Lisle, Ill.

Dietetic Internship Program

• Department of State Hospitals-Patton, Patton, Calif.
• Carondelet Health Network, Tucson, Ariz.
• University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
• Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
• Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, Ariz.

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

• Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
• USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, Calif.

Dietetic Technician Program

• Milwaukee Area Technical College, West Allis, Wisc.
• Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, Calif.

Graduate Program in Dietetics

• University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.
• King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
• Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y.
• Rush University, Chicago, Ill.
• Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Ariz.
• Manchester University, Fort Wayne, Ind.
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Continue on Accreditation after a Complaint

Dietetic Internship Program

• Bastyr University, Kenmore, Wash.

Continue on a Reduced Accreditation Term and Grant Extension for Good Cause after Progress Report

Dietetic Internship Program

• Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas

Substantive Program Changes

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

• University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Mass. – Add distance education

Dietetic Internship Program

• MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio – Approve a two-year admission hold

Didactic Program in Dietetics

• The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Add graduate degree option
• University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. – Add distance education

Programs Voluntarily Closing

(Submitted a Teach-out Plan)

Dietetic Internship Program

• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Tallahassee, Fla. – Effective June 30, 2026