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:

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