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Overview

Tuition $13,593
Licensure pass rate (2025) 95.8%
Duration 18 months
Accreditor ACEN
An associate-level nursing degree that qualifies graduates to take the NCLEX-RN and practice as registered nurses. RNs provide and coordinate patient care and educate patients and the public about health conditions.

Career outlook

Employers hire ADN-prepared registered nurses to provide and coordinate direct patient care, administer treatments, and educate patients across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings.

Getting in

What Baptist Health College Little Rock asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Transcripts
  • Prerequisite courses

ATI TEAS 60% composite and 66% reading minimum (scores within 2 years, proctored on campus) OR ACT 19 composite (within 10 years). No minimum GPA; C or better in all nine required general education courses (30 credits: A&P I and II, Microbiology, math, English Comp I and II, Psychology, Sociology or Developmental Psychology, Nutrition). January start: application due November 1, file complete November 15; August start: application due June 1, file complete June 15. Traditional track 18 months (24 with gen ed prep). NCLEX 95.8% for 143 traditional graduates of Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 (bhclr.edu news page).

Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.

Paths

Routes into ADN. The first step is where you enroll today.

People

Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.

Find your next step.

Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.