Agency Data and Reports
Financial
The Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) is a non-appropriated state agency. The primary source of revenue is nurse licensure fees. OBN's budget includes expenses for personnel, equipment, professional services, office space and other administrative costs.
62 O.S. § 211 requires OBN to pay 10% of all fees collected, excluding administrative penalites and recovery costs, to the General Revenue Fund of the state for appropriation by the legislature to various other agencies and services of state government.
Beginning in 2024, HB 3357 requires OBN to fund the tax credit for Oklahoma Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) who serve as preceptors for APRN students by allocating $4.00 from every annual APRN licensure fee collected.
The charts below depict Revenue and Expenses for Fiscal Year (FY)2025:
July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
The table below provides the number of
Regulated Licensees for FY 2025:
| Active Licensure Count by Type for FY 2025 |
|
|---|---|
| Registered Nurses | 54,798 |
| Licensed Practical Nurses | 16,589 |
| Advanced Practice Registered Nurses | 7,944 |
| Prescriptive Authority Recognition | 4,532 |
| Advanced Unlicensed Assistants | 326 |
| Total Records | 84,189 |
Education
The table below lists the number of
Regulated Pre-Licensure Nursing Education Programs
and Number of Campuses for Each Program Type for FY 2025:
| Types of Nursing Education Programs |
Number of Programs |
Number of Campuses |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Programs | 5 | 5 |
| Baccalaureate Degree RN Programs | 16 | 30 |
| Associate Degree RN Programs | 16 | 33 |
| Practical Nursing Programs | 33 | 51 |
| Total Programs and Campuses | 70 | 119 |
Note: RN-BSN not included
The below listed Nursing Education Annual Report Information is available upon request:
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Education Programs (APRN)
Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Education Programs (BSN)
Associate Degree Nursing Education Programs (ADN)
Practical Nurse Education Programs (PN)
Advanced Unlicensed Assistant Education Programs (AUA)
Please contact Crystal Bray, Nursing Education Consultant, at: crystal.bray@nursing.ok.gov
to request a listed report.
Statistics
The table below provides the Average Number of
Days for Application Processing by Type of Application
for the 2nd Quarter of FY 2026
| Average Number of Days for Application Processing by Type of Application | |
|---|---|
| Renewal Applications | 0 days |
| Reinstatement / Return to Active Status | 0.72 days |
| Endorsement from Another Board of Nursing | 2.54 days |
| NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN Exam |
0.57 days |
| Advanced Practice Registered Nurse | 0.77 days |
| Prescriptive Authority Recognition | 3.28 days |
Click below to view all tracked quarterly statistics:
