Studying with ETSU from Maryland
East Tennessee State University (ETSU) gives Maryland three different answers. The College of Nursing lists Maryland as meeting requirements for the MSN, leaves it off both of its DNP lists, and the university's consumer information tables mark both the MSN and DNP as falling short of Maryland's requirements. Before you apply from Maryland, or move there while enrolled, get the College and the Maryland Board of Nursing to confirm your program.
Training in Maryland?
Tell us your county, your ETSU program and your next practicum. We check Maryland's rules before we search.
What ETSU says about Maryland
| ETSU page | Program | Result for Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| College of Nursing MSN page (September 2025) | BSN and MSN | Meets |
| College of Nursing DNP page (April 2026) | ETSU DNP and joint DNP | Not listed on either list |
| University consumer information (June 2025) | MSN and DNP | Does not meet |
| University consumer information (July 2024) | Joint DNP | Not determined |
| University consumer information (June 2025) | BSN | Meets |
On the MSN, the College's yes runs straight into the university's no; only Hawaii is split as sharply. On the DNP, the College page omits Maryland entirely while the university table says does not meet. The BSN alone gets meets from both offices. Ask the College about your program and catalog year; the side-by-side view is on ETSU's licensure disclosures.
Maryland's board and students from Tennessee programs
Our research turned up no Maryland Board of Nursing (MBON) rule requiring outside programs to clear placements with the board before a first clinical day. When MBON's education page mentions programs based elsewhere, the topic is licensure: an equivalency assessment tool and lists of other states' prelicensure programs.
Maryland law also sets graduate APRN students apart: under Health Occupations 8-301(d)(2), an accredited graduate APRN student needs no Maryland license for the advanced practice work done within the program. ETSU still wants a valid RN license wherever you train.
The step to plan for is certification after you finish. MBON must approve an NP program before any graduate of it is certified in Maryland, and if ETSU's program is not on the approved list, it is ETSU, not you, that would file the approval form. Enrollment is simpler, since Maryland exempts SARA institutions such as ETSU from its online registration rule. ETSU's rules for rotations away from home are on clinicals outside Tennessee.
Hoping to work as an NP in Maryland after graduating? Ask the College whether MBON has ETSU's program on its approved list.
Preceptors, sites and the Maryland tax credit
AANP classes Maryland as full practice, on one condition: NPs must declare 18 months of mentorship with a certified NP or a physician. Either kind of clinician can supervise ETSU NP students, and the Intent Form has room for both.
The big search areas are greater Baltimore and Maryland's slice of the Washington metro, home to about 2.5 million people, with Hagerstown and Lexington Park as smaller centers. Familiar systems there include MedStar Health, LifeBridge Health, Luminis Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine and UMMS. They mark where students look, not places committed to ETSU students.
Tax-General 10-739 gives unpaid NP and physician preceptors a Maryland credit after three or more community rotations of 90-plus hours each, in board-approved preceptorships and shortage areas the Maryland Department of Health identifies. It is written around programs Maryland's nursing board recognizes, so check with the department first. ETSU's plan of study sets 120 hours per NP practicum, above the 90-hour mark.
Your RN license in a compact state
Maryland is a compact state, with the NLC in force there from January 19, 2018. A Maryland regulation, COMAR 10.27.01.03(B), lets multistate privilege holders practice in Maryland, following Maryland law. A Tennessee multistate license therefore covers your RN work at a Maryland site, satisfying ETSU's MSN rule and the DNP's Tennessee-or-compact rule alike.
The APRN Compact is not law in Maryland, so NP certification there stays a Maryland process. See the RN license ETSU requires.
Checking before you apply, or moving to Maryland
Applicants living in Maryland should put all three ETSU answers to MBON before applying, the check ETSU asks for. For enrolled students heading to greater Baltimore, Hagerstown or the Washington suburbs, continuing hinges on MBON's permission, and the College and the records office both need notice; see moving during your program.
Why ETSU students in Maryland choose us
Maryland students get a search shaped by both ETSU's process and Maryland's certification step. We locate a nearby NP or physician whose patients fit your ETSU course, collect the licenses, certifications and site details ETSU's forms ask for, and tell the College early that the site needs a contract.
Faculty approval and the College's credential review follow, and everything we hand over is complete and matched to ETSU's rules on the first try. Reach us through our request form.
Questions ETSU students ask
Does ETSU's DNP meet Maryland's licensure requirements?
ETSU gives no clear yes. The College's DNP page, updated April 2026, leaves Maryland off both its lists, the university DNP table from June 2025 says does not meet, and the joint DNP consumer page calls Maryland not determined. Ask the College and MBON before you enroll.
Can I do ETSU clinicals in Maryland on a Tennessee multistate license?
For the RN side of your practice, yes, because Maryland honors compact privileges. ETSU adds its own condition: every license you hold stays unencumbered, and you report any encumbrance immediately to the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs.
Could I get Maryland NP certification after finishing at ETSU?
That depends on MBON approving the program. Maryland reviews an NP program before certifying anyone who finished it, and ETSU would file the approval form if its program is not yet listed. Given the university's does-not-meet finding for both programs, raise this with the College before your final year.
Can a Maryland preceptor claim the NP preceptorship credit for me?
Maybe not. Eligibility turns on a board-approved preceptorship, a board-recognized NP program and rotations inside a department-listed shortage area. Whether an ETSU rotation qualifies is for the Maryland Department of Health to answer, so promise a preceptor nothing.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-25
We check these pages against ETSU's own catalog, College of Nursing pages, plans of study and ProjectConcert guides. Your plan of study, your syllabus, your course faculty and the graduate clinical coordinator have the final word.
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