Bradley's state disclosure table for online nursing

Where Bradley publishes it, and how to read it

Bradley's page State Disclosures for Programs Leading to Licensure/Certification, on bradley.edu, lists Graduate (Online/Distance) nursing as a link to a document titled Authorization by State - Nursing. That document carries no date anywhere; the bradley.edu page around it was last modified on May 7, 2026.

The legend has two answers only. YES means Bradley has determined the program meets a state's educational requirements for licensure or certification, directly or through reciprocity; NO means Bradley has determined it does not. There is no not-determined column in the online table, unlike the campus tables on the same page.

The columns are headed Family Nurse Practitioner, Psy/Mental Health, Geriatric - Acute and Geriatric - Primary. Degree levels are not broken out, so one column serves the MSN, the doctoral track and the certificate alike. Because the footnotes mention DNP projects, each column appears to cover every level of its specialty; confirm with admissions if you are in a DNP or certificate path.

The footnotes that change the answer

Four footnotes sit under the table, and each one matters more than a plain YES suggests:

• New York: YES in all four columns, yet a footnote keeps every clinical rotation and every DNP project of a New York student out of New York itself. Your hours happen in another approved state, under that state's RN license. The New York guide covers the state's own rules.
• District of Columbia: the same limit, so DC students place their clinical work and DNP projects outside the District.
• California: FNP is YES with a caveat. Bradley's own note says its advanced pharmacology course falls short of California's Schedule II controlled substance rules, so a nurse whose job involves Schedule II prescribing would add a three-hour supplemental course approved by the California board.
• Ohio: YES, with a note that Ohio residents who graduated from an APRN program outside Ohio take an additional Ohio continuing education course, tied to Ohio's rule that NP pharmacology cover Ohio prescribing law (NPA 4723.482). The Geriatric - Primary cell carries the New York mark instead, which looks like a typo; the Ohio note most likely applies to all four.

What a YES settles, and what it leaves open

A YES speaks to the education requirements for licensure in that state. It is not a pass to train anywhere. Your rotations still belong in an approved state, the one you entered the program from or the one you call home now, and Bradley's welcome sites expect you to be licensed as an RN, without encumbrance, wherever each clinical course takes place.

State boards add their own layer. California requires prior board approval for non-California NP programs placing students there, plus a California RN license for the student, and Arizona's board approves APRN programs before any clinicals happen in the state. Rules like these are aimed at the school, yet they shape where and when you can train, so raise your state early. The state guides cover each board.

Finally, the table is silent on Nursing and Healthcare Leadership and DNP Nursing Leadership. Bradley has not said anywhere whether either one prepares graduates for licensure, and the online DNP Leadership page goes further, stating plainly that the degree does not lead to a license or credential for any one profession.

How we put the table to work in your search

Every search we run starts with your track and your state's row. Your placement advisor confirms the state reads YES for your specialty, checks any footnote that touches clinicals, and searches inside your approved state, so the preceptor packet that reaches Bradley fits its geography rules from day one. For California and Ohio residents, we flag the footnoted extra course at intake, so it sits on your plan long before graduation.

New York and DC residents get a plan built around an approved neighboring state where you hold, or can obtain, an RN license, once your advisor has signed off on it, with packet timing set around that license. Share your state and track in the form below; the contact page works too.