WilmU's State Licensures by Program table, state by state
Wilmington University's State Licensures by Program page gives each nursing program one of three statuses in every state: Meets Educational Licensing Requirements, Does not meet, or Not Determined Yet. Most states meet for every program. Nine do not: Idaho and Wyoming are Not Determined Yet across the board, five states are undetermined for the NP programs and BSN to DNP, Arizona only for BSN to DNP, and in Washington the RN to BSN does not meet.
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What the table is and what it covers
WilmU publishes a single page, State Licensures by Program, for its public and direct licensure disclosures in education and nursing; there are no separate documents per program. Each state and DC gets a status for every program, and WilmU's wording has three settings. The usual one is Meets Educational Licensing Requirements; the others are Does not meet Educational Licensing Requirements and Not Determined Yet, with Tennessee's PM-FNP row using a variant, Not Yet Determined.
Seven nursing programs appear, under WilmU's abbreviations: RN-BSN, BSN-DNP, MSN Leadership, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP (the post-master's FNP, which WilmU sells as the FNP Graduate Certificate), PM-PMHNP (the post-master's PMHNP) and DNP. The BSN to DNP has one combined row rather than separate FNP and PMHNP rows, and the DNP in Nurse Anesthesiology has no row. The page shows no update date.
Each status answers one question: whether that program's education meets the state's requirements for the license it leads to. It is not a list of where clinical hours may happen, and it says nothing about admission.
Every state not marked Meets
These are all the entries on WilmU's table that read something other than Meets Educational Licensing Requirements, with the status copied as WilmU words it. Every other state, and DC, meets for all seven nursing programs.
| State | Program | Status on WilmU's table | Programs marked Meets there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | BSN-DNP | Not Determined Yet | RN-BSN, MSN Leadership, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP, PM-PMHNP, DNP |
| Idaho | All seven: RN-BSN, BSN-DNP, MSN Leadership, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP, PM-PMHNP, DNP | Not Determined Yet | None |
| Louisiana | BSN-DNP, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP, PM-PMHNP | Not Determined Yet | RN-BSN, MSN Leadership, DNP |
| New Hampshire | BSN-DNP, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP, PM-PMHNP | Not Determined Yet | RN-BSN, MSN Leadership, DNP |
| New York | BSN-DNP, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP, PM-PMHNP | Not Determined Yet | RN-BSN, MSN Leadership, DNP |
| North Dakota | BSN-DNP, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP, PM-PMHNP | Not Determined Yet | RN-BSN, MSN Leadership, DNP |
| Tennessee | BSN-DNP, MSN-FNP, PM-PMHNP | Not Determined Yet | RN-BSN, MSN Leadership, DNP |
| Tennessee | PM-FNP | Not Yet Determined | RN-BSN, MSN Leadership, DNP |
| Washington | RN-BSN | Does not meet Educational Licensing Requirements | MSN Leadership, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP, PM-PMHNP, DNP |
| Washington | BSN-DNP | Not Determined Yet | MSN Leadership, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP, PM-PMHNP, DNP |
| Wyoming | All seven: RN-BSN, BSN-DNP, MSN Leadership, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP, PM-PMHNP, DNP | Not Determined Yet | None |
The same table, program by program
Counting 50 states plus DC, here is how each nursing program comes out. The first column gives the number of jurisdictions marked Meets.
| Program | Meets | Not Determined Yet | Does not meet |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSN-FNP | 44 | Idaho, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Tennessee, Wyoming | None |
| PM-FNP | 44 | Idaho, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Wyoming (Tennessee reads Not Yet Determined) | None |
| PM-PMHNP | 44 | Idaho, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Tennessee, Wyoming | None |
| BSN-DNP | 42 | Arizona, Idaho, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, Wyoming | None |
| MSN Leadership | 49 | Idaho, Wyoming | None |
| DNP | 49 | Idaho, Wyoming | None |
| RN-BSN | 48 | Idaho, Wyoming | Washington |
Two row notes on WilmU's page read oddly. The PM-FNP note describes a program for BSN holders who earn an MSN plus an FNP certificate, while WilmU's FNP Graduate Certificate page aims the program at nurses who already hold a master's or a doctorate. The PM-PMHNP note describes students whose master's is as a nurse practitioner, yet the combined PMHNP and DNP page lists a separate credit total for non-APRNs. If your path is unusual, ask which row covers you.
Reading a Not Determined Yet status
Not Determined Yet is neither a yes nor a no: WilmU has not published a determination for that program in that state. Treat it as a question to close before you commit time or money to a plan.
If you live in Louisiana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota or Tennessee and are weighing an NP program or BSN to DNP, or you live in Idaho or Wyoming and are weighing any WilmU nursing program, take the question to two places: WilmU's Online Learning office, the university's contact point for state authorization, and the NP Program Chair. Do it before you apply and before anyone starts building a clinical plan in that state.
WilmU's nursing catalog entries give the same advice to anyone seeking licensure outside Delaware: check that state's requirements before applying, and look the state up in NC-SARA's Professional Licensure Directory.
A Not Determined Yet row is an open question, not a quiet yes. Get an answer in writing from WilmU before planning clinicals in that state.
The table and where your clinicals happen
A Meets status does not decide where your clinical hours take place; that rule lives elsewhere. WilmU's NP pages call for RN licensure in the state where each clinical experience occurs, which our RN license for clinicals guide unpacks. Field experiences outside Delaware also fall under WilmU's state authorization commitments, covered on our NC-SARA and out-of-state clinicals page.
WilmU publishes no rule for students who relocate mid-program and no list of states where it declines online nursing students. If you expect to move to one of the nine states above, raise it with the Online Learning office and your chair before the move.
One cross-check is worth knowing. WilmU's state authorization page notes that California has not joined SARA, while the licensure table marks California Meets for every nursing program. The two pages answer different questions, so a California resident should ask about both.
Why WilmU students check their state with us first
We read your state's row before we start any search. For a student in Pennsylvania, Maryland or New Jersey, where every WilmU nursing program meets, we go straight to preceptors near home, in a state where your RN license is valid. For a student in one of the nine states above, we help you get the licensure answer first, then shape the search around it, whether that means clinicals where you live now or where you are moving.
Every preceptor file we assemble shows the clinician's license and its state, so your faculty can see at a glance that it fits. Each state has its own guide on this site; the states hub lists all fifty. When you are ready, tell us your state and program.
Questions WilmU students ask
Can I take WilmU's online MSN-FNP if I live in New York?
New York is one of the states where WilmU's licensure table marks the MSN-FNP Not Determined Yet, and the same goes for the PM-FNP, the PM-PMHNP and BSN-DNP. That status is neither a yes nor a no. Before applying, check with WilmU's Online Learning office and the NP Program Chair; the table itself is silent on admission.
Which WilmU nursing programs do not meet licensing requirements in Washington?
One: WilmU's table lists the RN-BSN as Does not meet Educational Licensing Requirements in Washington. The BSN-DNP is Not Determined Yet there. MSN Leadership, the MSN-FNP, the PM-FNP, the PM-PMHNP and the DNP are all marked Meets in Washington, so graduate students there face a different picture from RN to BSN students.
Does Meets on WilmU's table mean I can do clinicals in that state?
Not by itself. The status is a licensure-education determination: whether the program's education meets that state's licensing requirements. Clinical rules are separate. WilmU's NP pages call for RN licensure in the state where the clinical takes place, and WilmU pledges to respect every state's requirements for field experiences it hosts outside Delaware.
Is the DNP in Nurse Anesthesiology on WilmU's licensure table?
No. The nursing rows cover the RN-BSN, BSN-DNP, MSN Leadership, MSN-FNP, PM-FNP, PM-PMHNP and DNP. The Nurse Anesthesiology DNP has no row, and the BSN to DNP has one combined row rather than separate FNP and PMHNP rows. Ask WilmU's Online Learning office about any program without its own row.
When was WilmU's State Licensures by Program page last updated?
The page shows no update date, so statuses can change without notice. Check the live page before you apply, again before your first practicum, and again if you plan to move. Our state guides follow the table as it stood on the date each guide was last updated.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-27
We check these pages against Wilmington University's own program and curriculum pages, the 2026-27 graduate catalog, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences policies and the State Licensures by Program page. Your NP Program Chair, your course faculty and the College have the final word.
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