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Tri-Council for Nursing Urges Nurses to Submit Comments on Department of Education's Professional Degree Designation Rule
Posted
02/04/2026
The Tri-Council for Nursing calls on all nurses to submit public comments requesting the inclusion of post-baccalaureate nursing degrees (MSN, DNP, PhD) explicitly in the list of professional degrees before the March 2 deadline.
The U.S. Department of Education proposed rule related to the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act excludes nursing from the professional degree designation, a decision that contradicts workforce realities, federal policy and basic economics. The Tri-Council for Nursing calls on all nurses to submit public comments requesting the inclusion of post-baccalaureate nursing degrees (MSN, DNP, PhD) explicitly in the list of professional degrees before the March 2 deadline.