Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Schools by State | Programs 2025
If you’re reading this article, you’re probably thinking about, or on your way to becoming, a Nurse Anesthetist, the highest-paid nursing profession out there! We know it’s no easy feat, so congrats to you for taking this first step! One of the biggest decisions you have to make in this process is choosing between CRNA programs!
To help you with this decision, we’ve rounded up a list of accredited CRNA schools by state for 2025, including the program cost, the type of degree offered, and whether the program is private or public, so you can easily find the right program for you!
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CRNA Programs by State
Alabama
- Birmingham, AL
- Program Cost: $11,183 per term (3 terms per year)
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Birmingham, AL
- Program Cost: $610 per credit
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Public
- Mobile, AL
- Program Cost: $10,350 per semester
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Private
Arizona
- Glendale, AZ
- Program Cost: $54,914
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Private
- Tucson, AZ
- Program Cost: $1,053 per credit
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Public
Arkansas
- Program Cost: $45,000 per year
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Public
- Little Rock, AR
- Program cost: $23,679 per year
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Public
California
California State University Fullerton
- Fullerton, CA
- Program cost: $94,340
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Public
- Loma Linda, CA
- Program Cost: $160,486
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Private
- Fresno, CA
- Program Cost: $58,213
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Private
- Oakland, CA
- Program Cost: $165,500
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
University of Southern California (USC)
- Los Angeles, CA
- Program Cost: $2,354 per unit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
Read our guide for an in-depth review of the top CRNA schools in California.
Connecticut
- Hartford, CT
- Program Cost: $7,281 per term
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Fairfield, CT
- Program Cost: $1,135 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Private
Yale University - New Haven Hospital
- New Haven, CT
- Program Cost: $34,062 per year
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Private
District of Columbia
- Washington, DC
- Program Cost: Year 1: $126,730, Year 2: $75,580, Year 3: $64,440
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Private
Florida
- Orlando, FL
- Program cost: $116,815
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School type: Private
- Hollywood, FL
- Program Cost: $111,350
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Fort Myers, FL
- Program Cost: Resident: $373.38 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $1,300.66 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Florida International University
- Miami, FL
- Program Cost: Resident: $83,714, Non-Resident: $142,143
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Panama City, FL
- Program Cost: $92,595.25
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
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- Naples, FL
- Program Cost: $70,878
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Coral Gables, FL
- Program Cost: $155,000
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Jacksonville, FL
- Program Cost: Resident: $601.70 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $1,175.48 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Tampa, FL
- Program Cost: $800.00 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Georgia
- Augusta, GA
- Program Cost: Resident: $769 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $1,575 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Atlanta, GA
- Program Cost: $25,662/semester
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
>> Related: Top CRNA Schools in Georgia
Illinois
- Decatur, IL
- Program Cost: $1,100 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
Northshore University Healthcare/Depaul University
- Evanston, IL
- Program Cost: $882 per quarter
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- North Chicago, IL
- Program Cost: $129,088
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Chicago, IL
- Program Cost: $1,344 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Edwardsville, IL
- Program Cost: $84,158
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Indiana
- Indianapolis, IN
- Program Cost: $12,945 per semester
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Evansville, IN
- Program Cost: $15,200/semester
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Private
Iowa
- Iowa City IA
- Program Cost: Resident: $85,553, Non-Resident: $159,206
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Kansas
- Wichita, KS
- Program Cost: $1,200 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Public
- Kansas City, KS
- Program Cost: Resident: $457.70 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $1,075.50 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Kentucky
- Madisonville, KY
- Program Cost: $764.50 per credit
- Degree offered: MSN
- School Type: Public
- Highland Heights, KY
- Program Cost: $1,600 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Louisville, KY
- Program Cost: $115,744
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Louisiana
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Program Cost: $105,807.20
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- New Orleans, LA
- Program Cost: $913 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Natchitoches, LA
- Program cost: $475/credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Public
Maine
- Portland, ME
- Program Cost: $74,803
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Maryland
- Baltimore, MD
- Program cost: $110,512
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
- Bethesda, MD
- Program Cost: Free w/ 7 years active duty
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Baltimore, MD
- Program Cost: $1,580 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Massachusetts
- Chestnut Hill, MA
- Program cost: $1,804 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
- Boston, MA
- Program cost: $1,880 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
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Michigan
- East Lansing, MI
- Program Cost: $83,547
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Royal Oak, MI
- Program Cost: Resident: $915 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $1,027 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Detroit, MI
- Program Cost: $109,299
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
The University of Michigan Flint
- Flint, MI
- Program Cost: Resident: $93,862, Non-Resident: $134,020
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Detroit, MI
- Program Cost: Resident: $87,726.57, Non-Resident: $168,560.01
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Private
Minnesota
Mayo School of Health Sciences
- Rochester, MN
- Program Cost: $69,319
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Minneapolis, MN
- Program Cost: $1,030 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Minneapolis, MN
- Program Cost: $1,100 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Mississippi
University of Southern Mississippi
- Hattiesburg, MS
- Program Cost: Resident: $9,335 per semester, Non-Resident: $11,335 per semester
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Missouri
- St. Louis, MO
- Program Cost: $834 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Springfield, MO
- Program Cost: $72,000
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Kansas City, MO
- Program Cost: Resident: $84,770, Non-Resident: $136,071
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- St. Louis, MO
- Program Cost: $752 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School Type: Private
Nebraska
Bryan College of Health Sciences
- Lincoln, NE
- Program Cost: $1,102 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Omaha, NE
- Program Cost: $1,100 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
New Jersey
- Newark, NJ
- Program Cost: Resident: $1,082 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $1,584 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
New York
- Albany, NY
- Program Cost: $100,722
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- New York, NY
- Program Cost: $126,456
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Hempstead, NY
- Program cost: $1,695 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
State University of New York at Buffalo
- Buffalo, NY
- Program Cost: $1,263.66 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
North Carolina
- Durham, NC
- Program Cost: $33,915 per semester
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Greenville, NC
- Program Cost: Resident: $47,283, Non-Resident: $104,262
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
University of North Carolina Charlotte
- Charlotte, NC
- Program Cost: Resident: $240.94 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $987.28 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Greensboro, NC
- Program Cost: Resident: $20,960 per year, Non-Resident: $35,675 per year
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Program Cost: $283,621
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Asheville, NC
- Program Cost: Resident: $8,020.28 per semester, Non-Resident: $13,379.78 per semester
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
>> Related: Top CRNA Schools in North Carolina
North Dakota
- Grand Forks, ND
- Program Cost: $35,563.32 a year
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic School of Anesthesia
- Cleveland, OH
- Program Cost: $2,425 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
Frances Payne Bolton – Case Western Reserve University
- Cleveland, OH
- Program cost: $2,425 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
- Sylvania, OH
- Program Cost: $11,850 per semester
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Westerville, OH
- Program Cost: $104,350
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
St. Elizabeth Health Center/Youngstown State University
- Youngstown, OH
- Program cost: Resident: $14,330, Non-Resident: $14,690
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
- Akron, OH
- Program Cost: $462.50 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Cincinnati, OH
- Program cost: Resident: $836 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $1,423 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Public
- Tulsa, OK
- Program cost: $1,408 per semester hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
Oregon
Oregon Health and Science University
- Portland, OR
- Program Cost: Resident: $3,512 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $3,548 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Read our guide for an in-depth review of the top CRNA schools in Oregon.
Pennsylvania
- Danville, PA
- Program Cost: Resident: $792 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $890 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Allentown, PA
- Program Cost: $139,170
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Philadelphia, PA
- Program cost: $1,138 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
La Roche College/Allegheny School of Anesthesia
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Program Cost: $1,056 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
La Salle University - Einstein Medical Center
- Norristown, PA
- Program Cost: $1,470 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
St. Vincent College/Excela Health School
- Latrobe, PA
- Program cost: $1,225 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
- Philadelphia, PA
- Program Cost: $149,439
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Philadelphia, PA
- Program Cost: $265,978
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Program Cost: $1,255 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
- Scranton, PA
- Program Cost: $1,200 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
UPMC Hamot School of Anesthesia/Gannon University
- Erie, PA
- Program cost: $86,265
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
Villanova University/Crozer Chester Medical Center
- Springfield, PA
- Program Cost: $1,350 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- York, PA
- Program Cost: $1,010 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
Rhode Island
- North Providence, RI
- Program cost: Resident: $510 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $993 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Public
South Carolina
Medical University of South Carolina
- Charleston, SC
- Program Cost: Resident: $888 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $915 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Columbia, SC
- Program Cost: $7,545/semester
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
South Dakota
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Program Cost: $1,325 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
Tennessee
- Harrogate, TN
- Program cost: $34,095/year
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Private
Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia
- Madison, TN
- Program Cost: $116,865
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Jackson, TN
- Program Cost: $41,715/year
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Knoxville, TN
- Program Cost: $101,649
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
University of Tennessee Chattanooga - Erlanger Health
- Chattanooga, TN
- Program Cost: $774 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- Memphis, TN
- Program Cost: Resident: $19,528 per year, Non-Resident: $45,474 per year
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
Texas
- Houston, TX
- Program Cost: $122,527
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
- Fort Worth, TX
- Program Cost: $110,500
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
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- Forth Worth, TX
- Program Cost: $1,347 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center
- Houston, TX
- Program Cost: $21,550.84 per year
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public
US Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing - Northeastern University
- San Antonio, TX
- Program Cost: Paid with 5 years of Service
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Public - Military
Utah
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Program Cost: $122,490
- Degree offered: MSN
- School Type: Private
Virginia
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Program cost: Resident: $620 per credit hour, Non-Resident: $1,486 per credit hour
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Public
Virginia Commonwealth University
- Richmond, VA
- Program cost: $5,674 /semester
- Degree offered: DNP
- School type: Public
Washington
- Spokane, WA
- Program Cost: $1,255 per credit
- Degree offered: DNP
- School Type: Private
Charleston Area Medical Center
- Charleston, WV
- Program cost: $106,286
- Degree offered: DNAP
- School type: Private
CRNA School Requirements
CRNA programs all generally require the same entrance requirements. This can be helpful when applying to multiple programs even across different states. CRNA school requirements include, but are not limited to,
- Unrestricted RN license, including the state the program is in
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from an accredited program
- Minimum GPA of 3.0, but expect 3.5 to be considered competitive
- Three professional letters of recommendation
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications
- All official transcripts
- CV/Resume
- Personal statement
- Personal interview with the admissions team
- CRNA shadow experience
- GRE scores
- Leadership experience
- National specialty certification (ex. CCRN)
- Official school/program application
- Relevant ICU bedside experience
- TOEFL scores, if applicable
Factors to Consider When Choosing a CRNA School
There are multiple factors to consider when choosing a CRNA school. These should all be considered before applying to a program.
Acceptance Rate
The CRNA program acceptance rate is the number of students that are accepted to a program for each cohort based on the number of applications received. Overall, CRNA program acceptance rates are less than 10%.
Students can take different approaches when it comes to looking at acceptance rates. If acceptance rates are low for a specific program, then it might be worth considering applying to other programs that fit your criteria.
CRNA programs are HIGHLY competitive so expect overall acceptance rates to be low. Most programs do advertise cohort size which may be helpful when applying.
Attrition Rate
The attrition rate refers to the number of students who leave a program over a specific period. This is from either leaving the program on their own or failing out. The attrition rate for CRNA programs should be low.
If a CRNA program has a high attrition rate of roughly 10%, then that could mean that programs are passing students who perhaps should not continue. This might not be the most important factor to consider when choosing a CRNA program, but nevertheless, it should be.
Program Cost
CRNA programs are expensive. Public school programs will cost significantly less than private school programs but regardless, expect to pay a minimum of $50,000 for an accredited program.
Accreditation
In order to take the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) examination to become a licensed CRNA, the CRNA program must be accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA).
While all factors are important to consider when choosing a CRNA program, accreditation is the most significant.
Exam Pass Rate
The exam pass rate for a program should ideally be 100%. This means that every CRNA graduate that takes the national certification exam passes on the first attempt.
This is not always the case, but the higher the percentage the better the program and the more likely it is to help students achieve success.
Selecting a CRNA school is a profoundly personal decision. Choosing a CRNA school near you or a hybrid online CRNA program will be ideal if you want to stay in your area. Conversely, you may seek out the cheapest CRNA schools if you have a strict budget.
Before making your decision, ask yourself these questions:
- Can I afford my desired program? If not, do I qualify for scholarships, financial aid, or loans?
- Am I willing to relocate for my desired program? If not, can I attend online?
- Can I commit to a full-time academic schedule? If not, can I attend my desired program part-time?
- Is the program accredited?
CRNA School FAQs
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