2026 Accreditation Decisions

April

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

March

Place on a Reduced Accreditation Term after Substantive Change

Didactic Program in Dietetics

• East Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas

Dietetic Internship Program

• East Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas

Accreditation Term Extended

Dietetic Internship Program

• Ohio University, Athens, Ohio – Delay the program's site visit by two years and extend the accreditation term from December 31, 2027 to December 31, 2029
• Loyola University-Chicago, Maywood, Ill. - Delay the program's site visit by two years and extend the accreditation term from June 30, 2028 to June 30, 2030
• East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tenn. - Delay the program's site visit by two years and extend the accreditation term from December 31, 2027 until December 31, 2029

January

Grant Candidacy for Accreditation

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

• Pepperdine University, Malibu, Calif.

Dietetic Internship Program

• Morgan State University, Baltimore, Md.

Graduate Program in Dietetics

• Antioch University, Westerville, Ohio
• Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.

Advanced Practice Doctorate (APD) Programs

• University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Fla.

Foreign Dietitian Education Program

• Escuela Superior Politecnica Del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Full and Continued Accreditation after a Site Visit

Coordinated Program in Dietetics

• University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
• LaSalle University, Philadelphia, Pa.
• D'Youville University, Buffalo, N.Y.

Didactic Program in Dietetics

• Herbert H Lehman College CUNY, Bronx, N.Y.
• James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
• University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
• LaSalle University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Dietetic Internship Program

• Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas
• Herbert H Lehman College CUNY, Bronx, N.Y.
• Sodexo, Morrisville, Pa.
• Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y.
• New York-Presbyterian, New York, N.Y.
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass.
• Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
• Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich.
• Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
• West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, W.Va.
• University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Md.

Graduate Program in Dietetics

• The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
• University of Rhode Island/Sodexo Partnership, Kingston, R.I.

Continue on a Reduced Accreditation Term after Progress Report

Dietetic Technician Program

• Camden County College, Blackwood, N.J.

Substantive Program Changes

Dietetic Internship Program

• Minneapolis VA Health Care System – approval to increase distance education to greater than 50%
• Lagniappe Wellness – approval for a change in sponsorship

Programs Voluntarily Closing

(Submitted a Teach-out Plan)

Dietetic Internship Program

• HEBNI Nutrition Consultants Inc, Orlando, Fla. – effective February 11, 2026
• Northwell Health, Manhasset, N.Y. – effective February 11, 2026