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Augsburg University


Department of Nursing
2211 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Kathleen Clark, DNP, RN
Title: Chair of Nursing Department

Phone: 612-330-1203

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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October 9, 2004 February 6, 2019 December 31, 2029 February 2019 Spring 2029


Bemidji State University


Department of Nursing
1500 Birchmont Drive NE, #15, 220 Benson Hall
Bemidji, MN 56601-2699
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Nicholle Bieberdorf, MSN, RN
Title: Interim Chief Nurse Administrator

Phone: 218-755-3708

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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May 3, 2003 November 15, 2017 June 30, 2028 November 2017 Fall 2027


Bethany Lutheran College


Department of Nursing
700 Luther Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Deborah Matzke-Lewis, MSN, RN
Title: Program Director and Chief Nursing Administrator

Phone: 507-344-7490

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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September 10, 2018 September 18, 2023 June 30, 2034 September 2023 Fall 2033


Bethel University-Minnesota


Department of Nursing
3900 Bethel Drive
Saint Paul, MN 55112-6999
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Diane L. Dahl, PhD, RN
Title: Dean

Phone: 651-638-6327
Fax: 651-635-1965

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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September 29, 2001 April 4, 2016 December 31, 2026 April 2016 Spring 2026


Capella University


Nursing Department
225 South 6th Street, 8th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Lisa Kreeger, PhD, RN
Title: Executive Dean

Phone: 612-372-8275

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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April 4, 2011 April 18, 2016 December 31, 2026 April 2016 Spring 2026


College of Saint Benedict

(Affiliated with College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University)

Nursing Department
37 South College Avenue
St. Joseph, MN 56374-2099
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Carie Braun, PhD, RN
Title: Chair

Phone: 320-363-5404
Fax: 320-363-6099

College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University

(Consortium of College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University.)

Nursing Department
37 South College Avenue
St. Joseph, MN 56374-2099
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Carie Braun, PhD, RN
Title: Chair

Phone: 320-363-5404
Fax: 320-363-6099

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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September 28, 2002 March 27, 2017 December 31, 2027 March 2017 Spring 2027


College of St. Scholastica, The


School of Nursing
1200 Kenwood Avenue
Duluth, MN 55811-4199
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Greg White, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Title: Department Chair

Phone: 218-723-6789
Fax: 218-733-2221

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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September 28, 2002 April 6, 2022 December 31, 2032 April 2022 Spring 2032


Concordia College, Moorhead


Department of Nursing
901 South 8th Street
Moorhead, MN 56562
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Jack E. Rydell, BA, MS, DNP
Title: Chair, Nursing

Phone: 218-299-3764
Fax: 218-299-4309

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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April 8, 2006 September 30, 2015 June 30, 2026 September 2015 Fall 2025


Concordia University, Saint Paul


Department of Nursing
1282 Concordia Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55104-5494
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Hollie K. Caldwell, PhD, RN
Title: Associate Dean of Nursing & Professor of Practice

Phone: 505-514-4811

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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February 24, 2016 March 15, 2021 December 31, 2031 March 2021 Spring 2031


Crown College


Nursing Department
8700 College View Drive
St. Bonifacius, MN 55375-9001
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Krista Hoekstra, EdD, RN, PHN
Title: Chief Nurse Administrator

Phone: 952-446-4488
Fax: 952-446-4149

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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April 12, 2008 October 17, 2022 June 30, 2033 October 2022 Fall 2032


Gustavus Adolphus College


Nursing Program
800 West College Avenue
Saint Peter, MN 56082-1498
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Heidi Meyer, PhD, RN, PHN
Title: Chief Nurse Administrator

Phone: 507-933-6094

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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September 16, 2015 September 14, 2020 June 30, 2031 September 2020 Fall 2030


Herzing University, Minneapolis


Nursing Program
435 Ford Road, Suite 1000
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Diana Kostrzewski, PhD, RN
Title: Chief Nurse Administrator

Phone: 763-231-3197

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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October 10, 2011 October 26, 2016 June 30, 2027 October 2016 Fall 2026


Metropolitan State University


College of Nursing and Health Sciences
700 East Seventh Street
Saint Paul, MN 55106-5000
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Marjorie G. Webb, PhD, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC
Title: Interim Dean

Phone: 651-793-1398

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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October 3, 2003 April 12, 2023 December 31, 2033 April 2023 Spring 2033


Minnesota State University Mankato


School of Nursing
360 Wissink Hall
Mankato, MN 56001
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Marilyn Swan, PhD, RN
Title: Chair and Professor

Phone: 507-389-6815

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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April 15, 2005 October 2, 2019 June 30, 2030 October 2019 Fall 2029


Minnesota State University Moorhead


School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
1104 7th Avenue South
Moorhead, MN 56563-2996
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Alicia Swanson, EdD, MSN, RN
Title: Chief Nurse Administrator

Phone: 218-477-2418

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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April 8, 2006 October 14, 2015 June 30, 2026 October 2015 Fall 2025


Rasmussen University


School of Nursing
8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 300
Bloomington, MN 55437
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Karen Guty, DNP, RN, CNE
Title: Associate Vice President of Nursing Instruction and Operations

Phone: 352-291-8564
Fax: 952-831-0624

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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February 17, 2014 April 10, 2019 December 31, 2029 April 2019 Spring 2029


Saint Cloud State University


Department of Nursing Science
720 Fourth Avenue South, Brown Hall 210
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Jane Bagley, PhD, RN
Title: Chair

Phone: 320-308-5780
Fax: 320-308-1750

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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April 21, 2004 October 15, 2018 June 30, 2029 October 2018 Fall 2028


Saint Mary's University of Minnesota


BSN Completion Program
2500 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Sister Agnes Mary Graves, RSM, DNP, RN, FCP
Title: Director and Inaugural Jack and Mary Ann Remick Chair of Nursing

Phone: 612-238-4538
Fax: 612-728-5121

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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September 12, 2011 November 13, 2024 June 30, 2035 November 2024 Fall 2034


St. John's University

(Affiliated with College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University)

Nursing Department
PO Box 2000
Collegeville, MN 56321-9999
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Carie Braun, PhD, RN
Title: Chair

Phone: 320-363-5404
Fax: 320-363-6099

St. Olaf College


Department of Nursing
1520 St. Olaf Avenue
Northfield, MN 55057-1098
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Susan Huehn, PhD, MSN, RN
Title: Chair

Phone: 507-786-3965
Fax: 507-786-3733

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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Last On-Site Evaluation

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October 21, 2015 October 7, 2020 June 30, 2031 October 2020 Fall 2030


University of Minnesota


School of Nursing
308 Harvard Street SE, 5-160 Weaver-Densford Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0342
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Title: Dean

Phone: 612-624-5959
Fax: 612-624-3174

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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September 22, 2000 March 25, 2020 December 31, 2030 January 2021 Spring 2030


University of Northwestern - St. Paul


School of Nursing
3003 Snelling Avenue North
St. Paul, MN 55113-1598
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Santhiny Rajamohan, PhD, MSN, RN
Title: Chief Nurse Administrator

Phone: 651-286-7403
Fax: 651-628-2062

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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September 8, 2014 September 9, 2019 June 30, 2030 September 2019 Fall 2029


University of St. Thomas - MN


School of Nursing
2115 Summit Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Annette Hines, PhD, RN, CNE
Title: Executive Director of Nursing and Professor

Phone: 651-962-7878

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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October 2, 2023 October 2, 2023 June 30, 2029 October 2023 Fall 2028


Walden University


College of Nursing
100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1210
Minneapolis, MN 55401-2597
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Tracy Wilson, DNP, APRN, RN, FNP-BC
Title: Dean

Phone: 336-681-8486
Fax: 612-338-5092

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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April 19, 2010 March 16, 2015 December 31, 2025 March 2015 Spring 2025


Winona State University


College of Nursing and Health Sciences
301 Stark Hall, PO Box 5838
Winona, MN 55987-5838
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Lori M. Rhudy, PhD, APRN, CNS, ACNS-BC, CNRN
Title: Chief Nurse Administrator

Phone: 507-535-2585
Fax: 507-353-2531

Baccalaureate Accreditation

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May 3, 2003 September 26, 2022 June 30, 2033 September 2022 Fall 2032


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