Our Mission
CRNA-School.com exists for one reason: to give aspiring Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists clear, accurate, and comparable data on every accredited program in the United States. Choosing a nurse anesthesia program is one of the most consequential decisions a registered nurse can make. It determines years of study, tens of thousands of dollars in tuition, and ultimately the trajectory of a clinical career.
We built this directory because that decision deserves better tools. Before CRNA-School.com, prospective students had to visit dozens of individual school websites, cross-reference accreditation lists, and piece together cost and acceptance rate data from scattered sources. Our goal is to consolidate all of that information into a single, searchable resource that is free and accessible to everyone.
We do not accept payment from schools for placement or favorable presentation. Every program in our directory is listed on the same terms, with the same data points, regardless of institutional size or prestige. The directory is and will remain free to use.
Data Sources and Methodology
Accuracy is the foundation of everything we publish. Our program data is compiled from multiple authoritative sources, cross-referenced for consistency, and updated on a regular schedule.
- Council on Accreditation (COA) -- We reference the COA's official list of accredited nurse anesthesia educational programs to verify every school's accreditation status, program type, and degree conferred. Only programs with current COA accreditation appear in our directory.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) -- Salary figures and employment projections for nurse anesthetists are drawn from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. We use this data to provide state-level salary averages and national compensation benchmarks.
- State nursing board data -- Licensing requirements, scope of practice details, and state-specific regulatory information come from individual state boards of nursing and their publicly available records.
- Individual school verification -- Tuition costs, acceptance rates, program length, and admissions requirements are gathered directly from official school websites and admissions offices. When published figures conflict between sources, we defer to the institution's most recently published data.
We review our entire dataset at least twice per year -- once in the spring when many programs publish updated admissions statistics, and again in the fall when tuition figures are typically revised. Corrections submitted by schools or readers are reviewed and, when verified, incorporated within one business week.
Editorial Process
Every piece of content on CRNA-School.com goes through a structured review process before publication. New program listings are verified against at least two independent sources. Cost data is confirmed against the school's official tuition schedule. Acceptance rate figures are cross-checked with the most recently available COA annual report data where possible.
We maintain a correction log internally to track changes over time and ensure previously corrected errors do not recur. State-level pages are reviewed on a rolling basis so that no page goes more than six months without a full data audit.
Content decisions are guided by relevance to prospective CRNA students. We do not publish rankings or "best of" lists because such lists inevitably involve subjective weighting. Instead, we present the data and let students evaluate programs based on the factors that matter most to their individual circumstances -- whether that is cost, location, acceptance rate, or program structure.
Our Team
CRNA-School.com is maintained by a small team of healthcare education researchers with backgrounds in nursing, health policy, and data analysis. Our contributors have direct experience navigating the CRNA admissions process and understand the questions prospective students face because they have faced them firsthand.
We combine clinical knowledge with research expertise to evaluate programs holistically -- not just on headline numbers, but on the practical realities of curriculum design, clinical placement quality, and post-graduation outcomes. Our team regularly consults published literature, attends AANA conferences, and communicates with program directors to stay current on changes in nurse anesthesia education.
While we keep our team roster small and our overhead low, that focus allows us to invest the time required to keep the directory thorough and current. Every listing reflects hours of research, not automated scraping.
How We Are Different
Most healthcare education directories either aggregate data without verifying it or accept advertising that blurs the line between editorial content and paid promotion. We take a different approach.
- No pay-for-placement -- Schools cannot pay to appear higher in our directory or to receive a more favorable presentation. Every listing follows the same format and includes the same data fields.
- Single-source transparency -- We tell you exactly where our data comes from. If a figure is sourced from BLS, COA, or an individual school's website, we say so. If data is unavailable for a particular program, we note that clearly rather than estimating.
- Focused scope -- We cover CRNA programs and nothing else. We are not trying to be a general nursing directory or a lead-generation platform. That focus means every hour of research goes toward making this specific resource better.
- Speed and simplicity -- The site loads in under one second on any connection. There are no pop-ups, no mandatory account creation, and no paywalls. You get the information you came for immediately.
- Regular updates -- Programs change tuition, admissions criteria, and degree types more often than most students realize. We commit to reviewing every listing at least twice annually so the data you see reflects current reality, not a snapshot from years ago.
If you find an error in our data or have a suggestion for improvement, we want to hear from you. Reach out through our contact page and we will respond promptly. Accuracy depends on community input as much as it depends on our research -- and we take both seriously.