UL Lafayette nursing, state by state
UL Lafayette's nurse practitioner tracks keep every clinical hour in Louisiana, while the DNP lets residency hours happen in your home state. Louisiana comes first here, then Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas, then the rest of the country.
Get your placement plan
Tell us your UL Lafayette program and where you live. A placement advisor replies with the preceptor and site options that fit your UL Lafayette course.
What UL Lafayette says about states
UL Lafayette's state authorization page sorts states program by program. For the FNP, PMHNP and PMHNP certificate it names Louisiana and Mississippi as states where educational requirements are met, three states where they are not, and a long list it is not accepting students from. Nursing Education and the DNP have lists of their own.
The DNP entries disagree with each other, so confirm your state with UL Lafayette before applying. The state authorization guide sets the lists side by side, and Louisiana-only clinicals explains the in-state rule.
Home state
Neighboring states
Other states
Questions UL Lafayette students ask
Can I take UL Lafayette's online FNP from another state?
UL Lafayette's page lists Louisiana and Mississippi as states where the FNP meets educational requirements, and every clinical hour still happens in Louisiana under a Louisiana RN license.
Which states does the MSN Nursing Education accept?
Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, according to UL Lafayette's state authorization page. See the Nursing Education guide.
Is Louisiana treated differently?
Louisiana is UL Lafayette's home state and the only state where MSN and certificate clinicals happen. See the Louisiana guide.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-27
We check these pages against UL Lafayette's 2026-27 catalog, its online program and state authorization pages, the ICMSN student handbook and Louisiana's nursing rules. Your course faculty and your plan of study have the final word.
Whether UL Lafayette helps or you start alone, we find the preceptor.
Tell us your UL Lafayette program, the practicum coming up and the Louisiana town you train near. We look for preceptors and sites that fit the course and gather the license, CV and agency details that must be on file before your first clinical day.
- Preceptors who meet Louisiana's rules: an active Louisiana license, most hours with an APRN in your population focus
- The preceptor's CV, the agency details and your letter of agreement items gathered early
- Across Acadiana and the rest of Louisiana, plus DNP residencies in your home state
Start your placement plan
Your program, your town and your next clinical semester is all we need to begin.