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2025 Accreditation Decisions

In 2025, the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND®) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics made accreditation decisions for the following months:

July

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

June

Continue Full Accreditation after Complaint Review

Graduate Program

  • University of New England, GP, Portland, Maine

Programs Voluntarily Closing

(Submitted a Teach-out Plan)

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Wash. - effective June 30, 2025

April

Grant Candidacy for Accreditation

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga.

Dietetic Internship Program

  • East Texas A&M University Commerce, Commerce, Texas

Graduate Program

  • Shenandoah University, Winchester, Va.
  • University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
  • University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo.

Foreign Dietitian Education Program

  • King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Full and Continued Accreditation after a Site Visit

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

  • American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
  • University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Ala.

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • West Chester University, West Chester, Pa.
  • Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
  • Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Central Valley WIC, Fresno, Calif.
  • Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
  • University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.

Graduate Program in Dietetics

  • Long Island University-Post, Brookville, N.Y.
  • The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tenn.
  • Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Dietetic Technician Program

  • Stark State College, North Canton, Ohio
  • Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nev.

Continued Accreditation after a Complaint

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Keith & Associates, Tulsa, Okla.

Graduate Program in Dietetics

  • Teachers College Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

Continue Accreditation on a Reduced Term after Site Visit or Progress Report

Graduate Program in Dietetics

  • University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Ark.

Dietetic Technician Program

  • Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix, Ariz.

Substantive Program Changes

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. – additional year admission hold until December 2025

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

  • Utah State University, Logan, Utah – reorganize from a Coordinated Program into a Dietetic Internship Program

Programs Voluntarily Closing

(Submitted a Teach-out Plan)

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

  • Utah State University, Logan, Utah – effective July 1, 2027

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • Life University, Marietta, Ga. – effective September 30, 2027
  • University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. – effective December 31, 2026

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, N.C. – effective May 31, 2026
  • Diversify Dietetics, Atlanta, Ga. – effective November 30, 2025

Dietetic Technician Program

  • Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead, N.Y. – effective June 30, 2028
  • Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, Calif. – effective August 31, 2025

March

Continue Accreditation on a Reduced Term

Dietetic Internship Program

  • The University of Maine, Orono, Maine

January

Grant Candidacy for Accreditation

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • Teas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas
  • Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Ariz.
  • Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio

Foreign Dietitian Education Program

  • University of Balamand, Balamand, Lebanon

Dietetic Internship Program

  • West Palm Beach VA, West Palm Beach, Fla.
  • Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA, Philadelphia, Pa.

Full and Continued Accreditation after a Site Visit

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

  • Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
  • North Central College, Naperville, Ill.
  • Western Illinois University, Macomb, Ill.
  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
  • Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, Colo.
  • Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, Ill.
  • Premier Health, Dayton, Ohio
  • VA St. Louis Health Care System, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
  • UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial, Harvey, Ill.

Graduate Program in Dietetics

  • Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Foreign Dietitian Education Program

  • Bond University, Robina QLD

Remove from a Reduced Term, Continue full accreditation

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Ala.
  • The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn.

Dietetic Internship Program

  • Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, La.

Graduate Program in Dietetics

  • The University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
  • The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn.

Continue Accreditation on a Reduced Term

Graduate Program in Dietetics

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

Dietetic Internship Program

  • The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tenn.
  • Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas

Substantive Program Changes

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • The University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tenn. – add distance education
  • Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas – deny enrollment increase

Dietetic Internship Program

  • University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla. – reorganization into a Future Education Model Graduate Program
  • Marywood University, Scranton, Pa. – reorganization into a Future Education Model Graduate Program
  • Saint Elizabeth University, Morristown, N.J. – reorganization into a Future Education Model Graduate Program

Dietetic Technician Program

  • Milwaukee Area Technical College, West Allis, Wisc. – add distance education

Programs Voluntarily Closing

(Submitted a Teach-out Plan)

Didactic Program in Dietetics

  • Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, W.Va – effective June 13, 2026
  • Bradley University, Peoria, Ill. – effective December 31, 2026

Dietetic Internship Program

  • University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla. – effective January 18, 2027
  • Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill. – effective May 30, 2025
  • Larkin Community Hospital, South Miami, Fla. – effective April 15, 2025
  • Marywood University, Scranton, Pa. – effective December 31, 2027
  • Saint Elizabeth University, Morristown, N.J. – effective December 31, 2026
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – updated closure date to August 31, 2025

Graduate Program in Dietetics

  • Keith & Associates/University of Central Arkansas Partner/Partnership, Tulsa, Okla. – effective December 31, 2025

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