Transition of Nurse Anesthesia Programs to Award Doctoral Degrees
Nurse
anesthesia programs continue to transition to awarding doctoral degrees. Based
on programs’ 2017 annual reports, the number of doctoral applications planned
for submission from 2018 through 2021 has been identified. As of November 24, 2017, there are a total of 67 nurse anesthesia programs approved to offer
entry-level doctoral degrees and 23 programs offering post-master’s doctoral
degree completion programs for CRNAs. Fifty-three programs remain to be
approved to award doctoral degrees for entry into practice by the deadline of
January 1, 2022.
