Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
AbbreviationCCNE
Purposenursing education accreditation
Headquarters655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Location

The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is a nursing education accrediting agency in the United States. The CCNE is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.[1] The commission's headquarters are in Washington, D.C.

CCNE accreditation is a voluntary, self-regulatory process, and the organization encourages and supports nursing education programs to perform self-assessments to grow and improve their collegiate professional education.[2]

In 1996, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), as the national advocacy organization for America's baccalaureate and higher-degree nursing education programs, created the autonomous accrediting arm of the organization, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).[3][4]

The CCNE is the only nursing education accrediting agency dedicated exclusively to the accreditation of bachelor's and graduate-degree nursing education programs.

The AACN represents more than 592 schools of nursing at public and private universities and senior colleges nationwide, and which offer a variety of baccalaureate, graduate, and post-graduate programs.

References

  1. ↑ "Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education | Council for Higher Education Accreditation". www.chea.org. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  2. ↑ "CCNE Accreditation". www.aacnnursing.org. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education CCNE". uniRank. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  4. ↑ "What is CCNE Accreditation and its Benefits for Aspiring Nurses? | Baylor University Online". onlinenursing.baylor.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-27.


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