CRNA School Acceptance Rate

I hear from many CRNA admissions program directors that each year they receive the largest number of applicants.  This year, the national average CRNA school acceptance rate is 26%.  This is from over 12,000 candidates applying each year and less than 3,000 students being accepted.  How should you interpret this?  First off, 26% CRNA school acceptance rate does not mean if a terrible student applies to four schools, he or she will be definitely be accepted into one of the schools.  These figures are skewed so that good students and applicants will be accepted into multiple schools that they apply for.  😊  Many friends and colleagues I know applied to five to ten schools.  Some schools are easier to get in than others.  When you apply to more schools, statistically speaking, your chances of being accepted into a CRNA school increases.

Second, it’s important to note that when the schools calculate their acceptance rate, they look at the total class size over the total qualified applicants that apply.  What this means is all these applicants they consider in their calculations meet the minimum criteria for admission.  So many of the people who applied were automatically rejected due to not meeting the criteria.  I’ve seen at least one person who get to the interview phase admit that they never had any shadow experience. In conclusion, the CRNA acceptance rate publicized is actually lower in reality!

CRNA Schools with Highest Acceptance Rates

These are the 14 CRNA Schools with the Highest Acceptance Rates.  All of them have acceptance rates of 40% or higher.

1. Uniformed Services CRNA Acceptance Rate is 95%
2. Antillean Adventist University CRNA Acceptance Rate is 63%
3. Army Graduate CRNA Acceptance Rate is 62%
4. Old Dominion CRNA Acceptance Rate is 50%
5. AdventHealth CRNA Acceptance Rate is 46%
6. Minneapolis School of Anesthesia CRNA Acceptance Rate is 44%
7. WVU CRNA program Acceptance Rate is 43%
8. State University of New York CRNA Acceptance Rate is 41%
9. Arkansas State University CRNA Acceptance Rate is 40%
10. University of Southern Mississippi CRNA Acceptance Rate is 40%
11. Youngstown State University CRNA Acceptance Rate is 40%
12. University of Cincinnati CRNA Acceptance Rate is 40%
13. Gannon CRNA Acceptance Rate is 40%
14. Lincoln Memorial CRNA Acceptance Rate is 40%

For more CRNA schools with high acceptance rates, check out Easiest CRNA Schools to Get Into.

CRNA Schools with the Lowest Acceptance Rates

These CRNA Schools are considered the most competitive programs for admissions in the entire country and have the lowest CRNA acceptance rate.  One observation is that three of the schools are located in California, two are in Pennsylvania, two are in Connecticut and two CRNA schools in Minnesota.

1. Rutgers CRNA Acceptance Rate is 15%
2. National University CRNA Acceptance Rate is 15%
3. Quinnipiac CRNA Acceptance Rate 15%
4. Saint Marys CRNA Acceptance Rate 15%
5. Loma Linda CRNA Acceptance Rate is 15%
6. Drexel CRNA Acceptance Rate is 14%
7. University of Tennessee CRNA Acceptance Rate is 14%
8. Cleveland Clinic CRNA Acceptance Rate is 14%
9. Kaiser CRNA Acceptance Rate is 13%
10. Jefferson CRNA Acceptance Rate is 13%
11. Emory CRNA Acceptance Rate is 13%
12. University of Detroit Mercy CRNA Acceptance Rate is 13%
13. Florida State University CRNA Acceptance Rate is 12%
14. Carolinas Medical Center CRNA Acceptance Rate is 11%
15. University of Maryland CRNA Acceptance Rate is 10%
16. University of Iowa CRNA Acceptance Rate is 10%
17. Fairfield CRNA Acceptance Rate is 10%
18. University of Arizona CRNA Acceptance Rate is 10%
19. University of Minnesota CRNA Acceptance Rate is 10%
20. Clarkson CRNA Acceptance Rate is 9%
21. Marquette CRNA Acceptance Rate is 7%
22. Oregon University CRNA Acceptance Rate is 7%
23. Gonzaga CRNA Acceptance Rate is 6%

CRNA School Acceptance Rates

In this section, we list out all CRNA Schools by Acceptance Rates in the United States with detail on the CRNA School and CRNA Acceptance Rates.  All the CRNA programs have been approved by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs. Please click on the CRNA School name for more detailed information on the selected CRNA program.  CRNA acceptance rates are calculated by taking the total number of students divided over the total number of qualified students applying to the program.

Acceptance Rate Ranking	All CRNA Schools	CRNA Acceptance Rate
1	Military CRNA	95%
2	Antillean Adventist University	63%
3	Army CRNA	62%
4	Old Dominion University CRNA	50%
5	AdventHealth CRNA	46%
6	Minneapolis School of Anesthesia	44%
7	WVU CRNA program	43%
8	Buffalo CRNA Program	41%
9	ASU CRNA	40%
10	Lincoln Memorial University CRNA Program	40%
11	Saint Francis CRNA	40%
12	St Elizabeth Health Center	40%
13	University of Cincinnati CRNA	40%
14	UPMC Hamot	40%
15	USM CRNA Program	40%
16	Raleigh School of Nurse Anesthesia	39%
17	Rosalind Franklin CRNA	39%
18	Missouri State University CRNA	38%
19	Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes	38%
20	LSU CRNA Program	37%
21	Mayo Clinic CRNA	37%
22	Inter American University	37%
23	Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia	36%
24	Northshore CRNA	36%
25	Barry University Nurse Anesthesia Program	36%
26	UAB CRNA	35%
27	UAMS CRNA Program	35%
28	Texas Wesleyan University CRNA	35%
29	UNF CRNA	35%
30	Albany Medical College CRNA Program	34%
31	Goldfarb CRNA	33%
32	Michigan State University CRNA	33%
33	USF CRNA Program	33%
34	TCU CRNA	33%
35	La Roche CRNA	31%
36	KU CRNA Program	30%
37	Truman CRNA Program	30%
38	Webster University Nurse Anesthesia Program	30%
39	Bryan College CRNA	29%
40	FranU CRNA	29%
41	University of Akron CRNA	29%
42	University of Pittsburgh CRNA	29%
43	Millikin CRNA	28%
44	Lourdes University CRNA	27%
45	University of South Carolina CRNA	27%
46	Northeastern CRNA	27%
47	UND CRNA Program	27%
48	York College CRNA	27%
49	Samuel Merritt CRNA	26%
50	Charleston Area Medical Center	26%
51	Samford CRNA	26%
52	Columbia University CRNA	25%
53	Duke CRNA Program	25%
54	Excela Health School of Anesthesia	25%
55	Georgetown CRNA	25%
56	Integrated Anesthesia Associates	25%
57	Mayo Clinic Health System	25%
58	U of M CRNA Program	25%
59	UNE CRNA Program	25%
60	La Salle CRNA program	24%
61	VCU CRNA Program	24%
62	Marian University CRNA	24%
63	Rush University CRNA	24%
64	SIUE CRNA	24%
65	University of Puerto Rico	24%
66	Villanova CRNA program	24%
67	Wake Forest CRNA	24%
68	Bloomsburg CRNA	24%
69	USC CRNA School	23%
70	UTC CRNA	23%
71	UPenn CRNA	22%
72	NKU CRNA	22%
73	Baylor College of Medicine CRNA	22%
74	ECU CRNA	21%
75	Mount Marty CRNA	21%
76	Westminster CRNA	21%
77	Midwestern University CRNA	21%
78	Boston College CRNA	20%
79	Case Western CRNA	20%
80	MUSC CRNA Program	20%
81	Newman CRNA	20%
82	Otterbein CRNA	20%
83	Saint Joseph Hospital	20%
84	Union University CRNA	20%
85	University of Wisconsin Oshkosh CRNA	20%
86	UTK CRNA Program	18%
87	Murray State CRNA	17%
88	UM CRNA Program	17%
89	UT Houston CRNA	17%
90	Yale CRNA	17%
91	Western Carolina University CRNA	16%
92	Oakland University CRNA Program	16%
93	Rutgers CRNA	15%
94	FSU CRNA	15%
95	National University CRNA	15%
96	Quinnipiac CRNA Program	15%
97	Saint Marys CRNA	15%
98	Loma Linda CRNA	15%
99	Drexel CRNA	14%
100	University of Tennessee Health Science Center	14%
101	Cleveland Clinic CRNA program	14%
102	Kaiser CRNA	13%
103	Jefferson CRNA Program	13%
104	Detroit Mercy CRNA	13%
105	Emory CRNA	13%
106	UNC CRNA Program	11%
107	Fairfield CRNA	10%
108	University of Iowa CRNA	10%
109	University of Maryland CRNA	10%
110	University of Arizona CRNA	10%
111	University of Minnesota CRNA	10%
112	Clarkson College CRNA	9%
113	Marquette CRNA	7%
114	OHSU Nursing	7%
115	Gonzaga CRNA	6%
116	Augusta CRNA Program	N/A
116	Cedar Crest CRNA	N/A
116	FIU CRNA Program	N/A
116	Florida Gulf Coast University CRNA	N/A
116	Johns Hopkins CRNA	N/A
116	Keiser University CRNA	N/A
116	University of Scranton CRNA	N/A
116	University of Tulsa Nursing	N/A
116	Wayne State CRNA	N/A

Best CRNA Programs

We spent hundreds of hours studying all CRNA schools and interviewing over 125 nurse anesthetists to create our exclusive list of Best CRNA Schools.  So now you know the CRNA school acceptance rates, your next research is to compare the Best CRNA programs with the CRNA schools with the highest acceptance rates in order to see which CRNA schools are the best fit and which programs you should apply to.

Map of CRNA Schools by State

For your further study on CRNA acceptance rates, we list out all CRNA schools by State in the map of the United States.

Notes:
The darker the blue color equivocates to more CRNA Schools in the State.
Tier 1 = 6 or more CRNA Schools
2nd Tier = 3 to 5 CRNA Schools
Tier 3 = 1 or 2 CRNA Schools
White means no CRNA schools in the State.
Data source: everythingCRNA

CRNA Salary

As you’re reading about CRNA School Acceptance Rates, be sure to check out our CRNA Salary Guide and CRNA Starting Salary.  If you are still a student or if you’re wondering how much a fresh CRNA can make right out of nurse anesthesia school, this information will be especially helpful.  You might be surprised too!  We spent hundreds of hours researching salary information from the BLS, the AANA CRNA survey from over 5,000 actual nurse anesthetists as well as from my own CRNA job offers after I graduated.  In addition, different states have different demand and supply economics for nurse anesthetists, so our CRNA Salary by State Guide will help you see which States are the best fit for you.

My Final Recommendation on CRNA Acceptance Rate

Don’t let the CRNA school acceptance rate for a school be your decision to not apply to a school.  Remember, the CRNA school application process is not based solely on your GPA and test score.  There’s also your experience, your fit and the chemistry with the school itself.  Have you heard about the schools with the lowest acceptance rate?  What do you think makes them so difficult to get into?  Please share your feedback and experiences with the community.