Affiliate and sponsorship disclosure
How SEAPHE plans to pay for itself, and the rules that keep money away from our data and our recommendations.
Right now: no affiliate links and no sponsored content.
As of Oct 12, 2026, SEAPHE has no affiliate links, sponsored posts or paid placements anywhere on the site. No school or other business has paid us or given us anything for coverage.
How we may earn money in the future
Keeping the data current takes real work, so we expect to add revenue later. This is the only form of commission-based revenue we plan to use:
- Affiliate links on one page only. Our page for students who have been accepted into a program (/accepted/) may link to nursing equipment such as scrubs, stethoscopes and shoes. If you buy through one of those links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. The page says so near the top, and each link will be marked “Affiliate link”. As of Oct 12, 2026, none of its retailer links are live. Equipment affiliate links appear only on /accepted/. No other page on SEAPHE carries affiliate links.
We’ll update this page before it goes live.
What we won’t take money for
Some products are tied too closely to the decisions our data helps you make. We won’t accept affiliate commissions or sponsorships for:
- Test prep for the TEAS, HESI A2 or NCLEX-RN
- Alternative course providers that sell prerequisite courses
- Student loans, other financing, or insurance
- Products or services sold by a nursing school
No school pays for placement. Schools can’t pay to be listed, to appear higher in a list or table, or to be featured. See our integrity rule.
How paid content will be labeled
Affiliate links
Pages with affiliate links will carry a short note near the top saying so, linking back to this page. Individual links or buttons will be marked “Affiliate link”.
Sponsored or partner placements
Any placement a company pays for will be labeled “Sponsored” or “Partner” right where it appears. It will never be mixed into rankings or sorted results.
Data tables and rankings
Pass rates, acceptance rates, accreditation and costs will never contain paid placements. Sorting and filters reflect only the public data.
Editorial independence
- Data comes first. Figures come from public sources such as the California Board of Registered Nursing, and we don’t change them for anyone. See our methodology.
- No pay-to-rank. Schools can’t pay to appear, to rank higher or to have unfavorable data removed.
- Recommendations aren’t for sale. We recommend equipment only if our editorial team would recommend it without a commission. Whether an affiliate program exists doesn’t affect what we cover or how.
- Payment never changes the data. Our integrity rule explains how.
- Sponsors and affiliate partners don’t see content in advance and have no say in what we publish.
- Mistakes get fixed in public. See our corrections policy.
SEAPHE is an independent publication. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the California BRN, NCSBN, ATI, Elsevier/HESI, ACEN, CCNE, NLN/CNEA or any school listed.