New York: open to UC's RN-to-BSN, closed to graduate clinicals
UC's College of Nursing can't accept graduate applicants located in New York or allow graduate clinical activity there. The exception is the online RN-to-BSN, which UC's handbook names as the only program allowed in New York, as in Arizona. New York's education department also runs one of the tightest regimes for programs based elsewhere, so treat the state as closed for NP, midwifery and DNP work.
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Program by program in New York
UC's graduate exclusion covers seven states, New York among them; the others are Tennessee, Rhode Island, Oregon, Massachusetts, Louisiana and Arizona. The RN-to-BSN follows a separate list that leaves New York off.
| UC program | New York | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Online MSN: FNP, AGPCNP, Nurse-Midwifery, WHNP, Nursing Education | Excluded | No applications, no clinicals |
| FNP and PMHNP post-master's certificates | Excluded | Same seven-state list |
| BSN-to-DNP tracks and post-MSN DNP | Excluded | Same list, plus Washington |
| AGACNP, AGPCNP and PNP-AC certificates | Excluded | Tri-state residents only anyway |
| Online RN-to-BSN | Allowed | The only UC nursing program allowed in New York |
What NYSED asks of programs from other states
New York hands nursing oversight to the State Education Department's Office of the Professions, and its FAQ leaves little room: an out-of-state or online nursing program has to be registered with, or approved by, NYSED before any of its students rotate through a New York clinical site. The one carve-out is federal, meaning VA and U.S. Armed Forces facilities. NP education gets a sharper warning: the NP program itself needs NYSED registration, and NYSED says rotations without it could be illegal.
NYSED's college evaluation office treats a clinical placement in a licensed profession as physical presence in the state, which calls for prior approval or an exemption, SARA membership notwithstanding. Program status questions go to opprogs@nysed.gov. UC's own exclusion has no federal-facility exception, so don't read the VA carve-out as a way in.
UC's exclusion follows the clinic, not your address. A graduate student living in an open state still can't count hours at a New York site, and should ask UC before counting any telehealth visit with a New York patient.
RN-to-BSN students in New York
The online RN-to-BSN is UC's one open door here. Its NBSN4081 Focus on Community and NBSN4068 Capstone courses each run 14 weeks and require proof of a U.S. RN license. UC describes the program as online with a direct-care requirement, but it doesn't publish the direct-care hours or say who arranges the precepted experience, so ask your advisor early.
New York stays outside the compact, and NYSED sends nurses licensed in other states to a checklist for a New York license. Any in-person work in New York means holding one. See the RN-to-BSN page for the program's structure.
Moving into or out of New York
A graduate student planning a move to New York should talk to their Clinical Site Coordinator (CSC) before signing anything: hours can't happen in New York, and UC's pages don't say whether you can stay enrolled and travel to an open state. The moving during clinicals page lists the rest of what changes.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Vermont are all open to UC clinicals; Massachusetts isn't. Whether a New York resident can commute to them is a question for UC, since the admissions rule looks at where you live.
How we help New York nurses
UC's graduate rule for New York is plain, so our help goes where UC allows. For the RN-to-BSN, which UC does allow in New York, we get you ready for its direct-care requirement as soon as your advisor spells out UC's arrangements. If you're moving to an open state such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Connecticut, we plan that search ahead of the move and open it as soon as your CSC confirms the move. Your CSC makes the final decision, and the Preceptor Application in front of it is complete.
Questions UC students ask
Would a New York VA hospital count for my UC NP hours?
Don't plan on it. NYSED's registration rule doesn't reach federal VA or Armed Forces sites, yet UC's own New York exclusion carves out nothing: its pages say the college can't allow graduate clinical activity in New York. Unless UC confirms otherwise in writing, hours at a New York VA site won't count.
Can I apply to UC's online MSN while living in New York?
No. UC's online graduate programs can't accept applications from New York, and the same goes for the DNP and post-master's certificates. Only the online RN-to-BSN accepts New York applicants. If a move to an open state is coming, ask UC admissions how the timing of your application and your address interact.
If I finish UC's NP program in another state, could I practice in New York later?
UC's licensure disclosure says its listed nursing programs meet the educational requirements for licensure in every U.S. state. AANP counts New York as full practice, with a condition: until an NP logs 3,600 hours, practice runs under a written agreement and protocols with a collaborating physician. Check NYSED's current rules when you're ready.
Does NYSED's registration rule affect UC's RN-to-BSN?
It applies to all online and out-of-state nursing programs that place students in New York clinical rotations. UC's handbook allows the RN-to-BSN in New York; how UC meets NYSED's rule for it is UC's to explain. If a New York site asks, pass the question to your advisor or UC's state authorization mailbox, constateauth@uc.edu.
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Last checked 2026-09-24
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