The NROTC at the Citadel in Charleston, S.C., has a longstanding reputation of excellence, earning top honors at Officers Candidates School in 2010. The University of South Carolina in Columbia also hosts the NROTC program. Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina host the NROTC in North Carolina. In Alabama, Tuskegee University and Auburn University host the NROTC, with Auburn offering a Registered Nursing program. Louisiana's Southern University in Baton Rouge hosts the NROTC. Affiliates are Louisiana State University, Southeastern Louisiana University and Baton Rouge Community College. Both Southern and Southeastern Universities offer an RN program. The NROTC at Tulane University in New Orleans has Dillard, Loyola, University of New Orleans and Xavier as affiliates. In Florida, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University hosts the NROTC. Florida A&M, Jacksonville, University of Florida, and University of South Florida provide an RN program, as do most of their affiliates. Vanderbilt University and the University of Memphis are the two colleges offering the program in Tennessee. The NROTC in Virginia is at home in Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Old Dominion University and Virginia Military Institute. Savannah State University, Georgia Tech (one of the first NROTC units), and Morehouse College provide the NROTC in the state of Georgia. The University of Missouri, which has an RN program, also offers its NROTC program at its affiliate, Columbia College. The University of Mississippi and the University of Missouri are the only colleges in their states offering the NROTC program.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Boston University, and College of the Holy Cross offer the NROTC. Some affiliates, such as Boston College and Worcester State University, also house the RN program. Maine Maritime Academy hosts Maine's NROTC, with Husson University and University of Maine at Orono as affiliates offering RN. In the District of Columbia, George Washington University hosts the NROTC. It has four affiliate campuses, some offering RN. Pennslvania hosts the NROTC at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Pennsylvania and Villanova University, as well as four affiliates. Most of these campuses offer RN. Vermont's Norwich University hosts the NROTC, including the RN program. Cornell University in New York state, as well as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, State University of New York Maritime College, University of Rochester and their affiliates provide the NROTC.
In addition to Northwestern University (one of the original NROTC campuses), Illinois boasts the University of Illinois, Illinois Institute of Technology and four affiliates. Several campuses offer the RN program. Indiana has Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame, along with its two affiliates that also offer RN. Ohio has Ohio State University (with an RN program) and Miami University. Michigan has one host campus -- the University of Michigan -- and one affiliate, Eastern Michigan University. Both have the RN program. Wisconsin hosts the NROTC at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin -- both with RN programs -- and Marquette's affiliates. University of Minnesota, offering the RN program, and its two affiliates provide the NROTC in Minnesota. The University of Nebraska (with an RN program) and Iowa State University are the only campuses in their states that offer the NROTC. The University of Idaho hosts the NROTC in its state, with three affiliates offering the RN program. The state of Washington holds one of the original NROTC colleges, the University of Washington, and its affiliate, Seattle University. Both campuses offer the RN program. Oregon State University hosts the NROTC in Oregon.
The University of Kansas hosts the NROTC, with the RN program. Baker and Washburn Universities are affiliates. The University of Oklahoma, host to the NROTC in its state, also has the RN program.
In Texas, Prairie View A&M (with an RN program), Rice, Texas A&M, and the University of Texas host the NROTC. All but Prairie View have affiliate colleges. The NROTC at the University of New Mexico has the RN program and one affiliate college, Central New Mexico Community College.
Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, and the NROTC affiliate -- Pima Community College -- all provide the RN program. The University of Utah is the only host for the NROTC in that state, but it offers the RN program, and so does one of its two affiliates -- Westminster College. The NROTC at the University of Colorado has three affiliates: Regis University, University of Colorado at Denver, and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. In addition to one of the original NROTC colleges -- the University of California, Berkeley -- and its three affiliates, California boasts programs at UCLA, USC, and the University of San Diego with its four affiliates.