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East Central Community College

Decatur Campus — Nursing

Practical Nursing (LPN/LVN)Associate Degree Nursing (ADN/ASN)LPN-to-RN
Nursing pathways

Programs & Pathways

Explore nursing pathways available through this campus. State approval and programmatic accreditation are shown separately when supported by current public facts. Institutional accreditation is a separate concept and no institutional accreditation status is reported here.

Become a Nurse

2 programs

Associate Degree Nursing

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Associate Degree Nursing (ADN/ASN)

Program status: Active
Credential
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing

Where to attend: Academic delivery: Not currently available. Required physical attendance: Unknown. Unknown. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL); East Central Community College ADN; Continuing Accreditation May 21, 2026; exact nursing degree ADN owner entry. IHL degree authority is separate from MSBN PN and national accreditation.

East Central Community College; exact ADN credential entry; Status=Accredited; Stipulation=None; Initial Accreditation=October 1997; Most Recent Action=July 7, 2025; Date of Last Visit=October 9, 2018; Next Visit=Fall 2026; next visit is planned review, not expiry. Retained raw-display variants: {"Status":["Accredited"],"Stipulation":["None"],"Initial Accreditation":["October 1997"],"Most Recent Action":["2025-07-07","July 7, 2025"],"Date of Last Visit":["October 9-11, 2018","October 9, 2018"],"Next Visit":["Fall 2026"],"Candidacy Start Cycle":["Candidacy Expiration Cycle:"],"Candidacy Expiration Cycle":["Initial Site Visit Scheduled:"],"Initial Site Visit Scheduled":["Initial Cycle:"],"Initial Cycle":["Accreditation Information"]}. Historical candidacy-cycle fields, where present, do not override the current entry status.

Approval & accreditation
Current program standing
State approvalState approvedAuthority: Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) — nursing degrees
Programmatic accreditationAccreditedAuthority: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
Reviewed

Practical Nursing

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Practical Nursing (LPN/LVN)

Program status: Active
Credential
Practical Nursing Certificate

Where to attend: Academic delivery: Not currently available. Required physical attendance: Unknown. Unknown. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Mississippi Board of Nursing (MSBN); practical nursing Practical Nursing Certificate state accreditation/approval; Provisional; spring 2025; next May 2027. Part 2865 and current MSBN authority supersede older MSBN directory claim that MCCB approves PN. MCCB curriculum and MCCA authorization are different scopes.

Exact Practical Nursing Certificate national programmatic status Not currently available. Owner/ACEN/CCNE/CNEA sources checked; missing entry is not Not accredited and institutional accreditation is not substituted.

Approval & accreditation
Current program standing
State approvalState approved with conditionsAuthority: Mississippi Board of Nursing (MSBN) — practical nursing
Programmatic accreditationProgrammatic accreditation not confirmed
Reviewed

Advance Your Nursing Career

1 program

LPN-to-RN pathway

Official program website; opens in a new tab.
Program status: Active
Credential
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing

Where to attend: Academic delivery: Not currently available. Required physical attendance: Unknown. Unknown. Check the official source for current attendance and admissions details.

Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL); East Central Community College ADN; Continuing Accreditation May 21, 2026; exact nursing degree ADN owner entry. IHL degree authority is separate from MSBN PN and national accreditation.

East Central Community College; exact ADN credential entry; Status=Accredited; Stipulation=None; Initial Accreditation=October 1997; Most Recent Action=July 7, 2025; Date of Last Visit=October 9, 2018; Next Visit=Fall 2026; next visit is planned review, not expiry. Retained raw-display variants: {"Status":["Accredited"],"Stipulation":["None"],"Initial Accreditation":["October 1997"],"Most Recent Action":["2025-07-07","July 7, 2025"],"Date of Last Visit":["October 9-11, 2018","October 9, 2018"],"Next Visit":["Fall 2026"],"Candidacy Start Cycle":["Candidacy Expiration Cycle:"],"Candidacy Expiration Cycle":["Initial Site Visit Scheduled:"],"Initial Site Visit Scheduled":["Initial Cycle:"],"Initial Cycle":["Accreditation Information"]}. Historical candidacy-cycle fields, where present, do not override the current entry status.

Approval & accreditation
Current program standing
State approvalState approvedAuthority: Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) — nursing degrees
Programmatic accreditationAccreditedAuthority: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
Reviewed