The University of Rhode Island has been approved to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements.
Currently, URI offers all of our programs and certificates to students who are taking their classes in the following SARA states. In addition, URI is authorized to offer our programs to students in California under their rules.
The Rhode Island Office of Post-secondary Commission can resolve concerns through their student complaint procedure.
(Please note: URI’s RN to BS program cannot accept students from the states with asterisks (*). See below for a full list.)
- Alabama (AL)*
- Alaska (AK)*
- Arizona (AZ)*
- Arkansas (AR)*
- Colorado (CO)*
- Connecticut (CT)
- Delaware (DE)*
- District of Columbia (DC)
- Florida (FL)
- Georgia (GA)*
- Hawaii (HI)
- Idaho (ID)*
- Illinois (IL)
- Indiana (IN)
- Iowa (IA)
- Kansas (KS)*
- Kentucky (KY)
- Louisiana (LA)*
- Maine (ME)
- Maryland (MD)*
- Massachusetts (MA)
- Michigan (MI)
- Minnesota (MN)*
- Mississippi (MS)
- Missouri (MO)*
- Montana (MT)
- Nebraska (NE)*
- Nevada (NV)
- New Hampshire (NH)
- New Jersey (NJ)*
- New Mexico (NM)
- New York (NY)
- North Carolina (NC)
- North Dakota (ND)*
- Ohio (OH)
- Oklahoma (OK)*
- Oregon (OR)
- Pennsylvania (PA)
- Rhode Island (RI)
- South Carolina (SC)*
- South Dakota (SD)*
- Tennessee (TN)*
- Texas (TX)*
- Utah (UT)
- Vermont (VT)
- Virginia (VA)
- Washington (WA)*
- West Virginia (WV)*
- Wisconsin (WI)*
- Wyoming (WY)*
R.N. to B.S. (Online) Nursing Students
URI’s RN to BS program can not accept students from the following states due to nursing licensure regulations:
Alabama (AL)Alaska (AK)Arizona (AZ)Arkansas (AR)- California (CA)
- Colorado (CO)
- Delaware (DE)
Georgia (GA)Idaho (ID)
Kansas (KS)Louisiana (LA)- Maryland (MD)
- Minnesota (MN)
Missouri (MO)Nebraska (NE)- Nevada (NV)
- New Jersey (NJ)
- North Dakota (ND)
Oklahoma (OK)- South Carolina (SC)
- South Dakota (SD)
- Tennessee (TN)
- Texas (TX)
Washington (WA)- Wisconsin (WI)
- West Virginia (WV)
- Wyoming (WY)