Current and Upcoming Site Visits:
Public Comments
As part of the open review process, you are invited to submit comments regarding any of the programs listed below. Please note, the comment period closes two weeks prior to the site visit.
Comments should be submitted via email at opnurs@nysed.gov. The mailing address is:
ATTN: Nursing Accreditation
Professional Education Program Review
New York State Education Department
2nd Floor, West Wing, EBF
89 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12234
| Spring 2025 | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 |
Site Visit Purpose
Continuing Accreditation & Reregistration - A site visit is conducted regularly in order for a program to remain accredited by the Department. After initial accreditation, a program is visited within 2 years of enrollment of their initial cohort and up to every five years thereafter.
Initial Accreditation - A visit is conducted to support an institutions request to register a new program type.'
Spring 2025
Public Postsecondary Vocational Nursing Programs:
Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady-Saratoga BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Adult Practical Nursing- N-FT
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult-Albany Center
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 06/3-06/5/2025
Herkimer County BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 04/28-04/30/2025
Otsego-Delaware-Schoharie-Green BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 05/13-05/15/2025
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult (Liverpool)
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 03/11-03/13/2025
Cattaraugus-Allegheny-Erie-Wyoming BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult -Olean Center
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult -Belmont Center
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 04/07-04/09/2025
Oswego County BOCES (CITI)
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult-Mexico Center
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 05/19-05/21/2025
Educational Opportunity Center-Rochester
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 04/29-05/01/2025
Nursing Education Programs
Excelsior University
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Nursing
Award: Associate in Science
Program Title: Nursing
Award: Associate in Applied Science
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 06/10-06/12/2025
Fall 2025
Public Postsecondary Vocational Nursing Programs:
Erie II-Chataqua Cattaraugus BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult -LSS Ctr
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult - Loguidice Center
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult-Jamestown
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 11/12-14/2025
Madison-Oneida County BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult -Utica
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult – Access (Utica)
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 10/1-3/2025
Orange-Ulster County BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult N-FT
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 12/9-11/2025
Schuyler-Steuben-Chenango-Tioga-Allegheny BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing- Adult-Cooper Plains
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult -Langdon Plaza
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult-Langdon Plaza (NFT)
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 9/16-18/2025
Nursing Education Programs:
Niagara County Community College
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing
Award: Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 10/14-16/2025
St. Paul's School of Nursing-Queens
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Nursing
Award: Associate in Science
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 11/3-5/2025
St. Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Nursing
Award: Associate in Science
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 11/3-5/2025
Sullivan County Community College
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Nursing
Award: Associate in Applied Science
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 10/21-23/2025
Trocaire College
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing
Award: Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: 10/7-9/2025
Spring 2026
Public Postsecondary Vocational Nursing Programs:
Rockland County BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: Will be posted in December 2025
Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult-R.W. Harrold
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult-Norwich
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: Will be posted in December 2025
Eastern Suffolk BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Secondary Extension -Brookhaven Center
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult- Sayville (Eve)
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult-Sayville
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Adult-Sayville (N-FT)
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: Will be posted in December 2025
Western Suffolk BOCES
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing-Northport Center
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: Will be posted in December 2025
Nursing Education Programs:
Monroe Community College
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: Will be posted December 2025
Medgar Evers College
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing
Award: Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: Will be posted in December 2025
Transitions Career Institute
Program(s) under review:
Program Title: Practical Nursing Adult
Award: Non-Credit Bearing Certificate
Site visit purpose: Continuing accreditation and reregistration
Site visit date: Will be posted in December 2025