---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001553350-22-000780"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASPU"
cik: "0001487198"
company_name: "ASPEN GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2022-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T08:16:39.911147+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aspen University surrenders Arizona nursing program approval; suspends new enrollments in four states

## Summary
- Aspen University voluntarily surrendered program approval for its pre-licensure nursing program in Phoenix due to inability to meet minimum 80% NCLEX first-time pass rate for 2022.
- Current Arizona nursing students will continue; approval automatically surrendered once they complete or within two years, whichever sooner.
- Aspen will also suspend new enrollments and complete instruction for currently enrolled Core nursing students in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas.
- This follows a prior March 2022 consent agreement with the Arizona State Board of Nursing requiring the 80% pass rate.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001553350-22-000780
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASPU
- cik: 0001487198
- company_name: ASPEN GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487198/000155335022000780/0001553350-22-000780-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487198/000155335022000780/aspu_8k.htm

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