State Authorization & Licensure

The FSU Professional Licensure & Certification database lists all FSU programs that have been identified as leading to professional licensure. You can search by program, major, and state to determine if a program meets educational requirements for licensing. In rare cases, a program will lead to multiple licenses and meet requirements for some but not all. We encourage you to review all licenses listed for a program and contact the state licensing agency for more information on what is required to pursue a license. A link is provided in the database for each state licensing agency.

Effective July 1, 2024, the regulations prohibiting enrollment were established to protect you from investing in a program leading to licensure if it hasn’t been determined to provide the coursework your state requires for you to pursue licensing there. While our programs meet educational requirements for licensing in Florida and many other states, each state makes its own rules about what coursework is required. Out-of-state distance learners can only be enrolled in a program that leads to licensure if it satisfies educational requirements in their state.

If you applied to a program that leads to professional licensure, can be completed via distance learning, and has not been determined to satisfy educational requirements for licensing in your state, your application will require an additional review by the college offering the program. If this is the case, you will receive a notification from our office letting you know the program has not been determined to meet educational requirements for licensing in your state and that your application will require additional review by the college offering the program. The college will review licensing requirements in your state, determine if you are applying to an online or in-person program, and contact you if additional information is needed to proceed with your application.

If the college determines that we are prohibited, per federal regulations, from enrolling you in the program, your application for admission to the university will be cancelled.

If a program is offered both in-person and online but has not been determined to meet educational requirements for licensing in your state, FSU is prohibited from enrolling you in the program if you are enrolling as a distance learning student. If you intend to complete the program in-person, be prepared to provide an attestation declaring your intent to enroll in the in-person offering of the program. The attestation will need to be completed before you can be considered for admission to the university.

If your selected program has not been determined to meet educational requirements for licensing in your state but you intend to pursue licensing in a state where the selected program meets the requirements, you must provide an attestation of your intent before your application for admission to the university can be considered. Contact the college offering the program about providing an attestation.

If the program leads to multiple licenses but only meets requirements for some, you cannot be considered for admission to the university unless you intend to pursue a specific license and the program meets educational requirements for that license. Contact the college offering the program about providing an attestation to indicate your intent to pursue a specific license or licenses.