Studying at UTA from Ohio
Three UTA online programs accept Ohio residents: the RN-to-BSN, an MSN in Nursing Education and an MSN in Nursing Administration. The NP tracks and DNP do not. Ohio law adds no board approval or notice step for out-of-state programs, and January 2023 is when Ohio entered the Nurse Licensure Compact.
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Three programs open, two closed
Your MyMav mailing address is what UTA checks, so an Ohio address puts you under Ohio's row on the state-authorization map even if you work across a border.
| Program | Ohio residents | Hands-on component |
|---|---|---|
| RN-to-BSN | Can enroll | Workplace-based NURS 3315 and NURS 4455, community-based NURS 3325 and NURS 4465; nobody to recruit |
| MSN Nursing Education | Can enroll | 135-hour precepted practicum, NURS 5362 |
| MSN Nursing Administration | Can enroll | Four practicum courses totaling 270 hours |
| NP tracks and NP certificates | Cannot enroll | Seven-state programs; Ohio is not one |
| DNP | Cannot enroll | Same seven states |
Ohio settings for RN-to-BSN and MSN practicum work
Ohio's population is spread across three big metros of similar size, Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati, plus Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek. Among its health systems are The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Mercy Health in Cincinnati, Cleveland Clinic, OhioHealth in Columbus and University Hospitals in Cleveland. We mention them to show the settings and make no claim that any has hosted a UTA student.
For the RN-to-BSN, your employer is the expected setting for the workplace courses. The community courses reach further: an older UTA syllabus for NURS 4465 asked for a windshield survey and a community education intervention, and statewide public health work runs through the Ohio Department of Health. For the MSNs, the Education practicum needs a preceptor working in nursing education, and Administration hours need a facility where senior nurse leaders work. The NURS 5340 practicum page covers its community partnering project.
What Ohio law says about out-of-state students
The Ohio Revised Code sets no Ohio Board of Nursing approval or notification step for out-of-state programs. Section 4723.32(A) lets pre-licensure students practice in Ohio within a program located in another jurisdiction and approved by a board that belongs to NCSBN, supervised by an RN faculty member or teaching assistant. Section 4723.32(F) covers APRN students, who must work under an APRN faculty member, teaching assistant or preceptor.
Neither exemption describes an RN-to-BSN or an Education or Administration MSN student, who is already a licensed nurse. For you, UTA's own rule governs: hold a license valid where the clinical work happens. One piece is unchecked: whether the Ohio Department of Higher Education expects anything of UTA. NursingSOA@uta.edu is where to confirm that before you commit to an Ohio site.
Licensing: Ohio's place in the compact
Ohio's compact membership took effect on January 1, 2023. As the Ohio Board of Nursing explains it, you hold one multistate license in your primary state of residence and use it in every other compact state; the board also reports on nurses who work in Ohio under multistate licenses from other states. If Ohio is home, ask the board how that applies to the license you hold now.
Most of your neighbors are compact states too: Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Indiana. Michigan is the exception, and it is also missing from UTA's Nursing Education map. RN license for clinicals explains how UTA checks licenses.
UTA NP students relocating to Ohio
Ohio law makes room for APRN students from programs elsewhere, but a state exemption does not put Ohio on UTA's map. UTA's NP tracks and DNP run only in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Texas and Virginia. Mid-track, a move to Ohio exposes you to the outcomes the handbook lists, from a refused placement or clinicals shifted to Texas or another approved state, to withdrawal and a graduation that slips or never comes.
If you would practice here after graduating, AANP lists Ohio as reduced practice, where NPs need, for their entire career, a standard care arrangement in which a physician or podiatrist collaborates, and Schedule II prescribing is limited by setting.
Where we come in
In Ohio we help with the two graduate practicums: searching for a nurse educator or nurse leader near you who fits the UTA course, preparing the preceptor's CV, license verification and agreement forms for UTA's review, and searching again if someone drops out. Every approval is UTA's to make; start with the form below.
Questions UTA students ask
Is UTA's DNP available to Ohio residents?
No. UTA's DNP is listed for the same seven states as its NP tracks, and Ohio is not among them. That applies even though the DNP uses a project site rather than a preceptor. Ohio residents who want a UTA graduate degree can choose between the Nursing Education and Nursing Administration MSNs.
Can my UTA Education practicum be at an Ohio nursing school?
UTA's preceptor rule for Nursing Education allows a clinic, hospital or academic setting, provided the preceptor works in nursing education and meets UTA's minimums: a license that is active and unencumbered, plus a year or more in the specialty role. A faculty member at an Ohio school can fit that description. UTA approves the choice.
Can I do UTA Administration hours at the Ohio hospital where I work?
For NURS 5339, UTA's RN-to-MSN page states a preference for a site away from your employer. UTA's online FAQ, written about clinical hours generally, also rules out your own department and your current supervisor as preceptor. A different facility, or at least a different part of your system, is the safer plan.
Does Ohio's APRN student exemption let UTA NP students train in Ohio?
Not on its own. Section 4723.32(F) says when an APRN student may practice in Ohio, but UTA separately decides where its NP programs operate, and its map leaves Ohio off. Ask NursingSOA@uta.edu before relying on an Ohio NP site, even for a single rotation.
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Last checked 2026-09-23
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