Associate Degree in Nursing

Overview

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 Butler Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Selective admission for the traditional ADN (El Dorado admits every semester, Winfield every fall) and Advanced Standing LPN to RN cohorts. Traditional prerequisites: English Comp I, General Psychology, Anatomy and Physiology and College Algebra with C or higher plus a TEAS composite at or above the national benchmark; Advanced Standing adds an active Kansas PN license, Pathophysiology, Developmental Psychology, Therapeutic Nutrition and a 2.8 prerequisite GPA. Deadlines May 20 for the following fall and September 20 for the following spring. Hybrid delivery, 69 credit hours, total program cost listed as $11,182; clinical requirements must be met before the first day of class.

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.

LPN ADN

LPN to RN Bridge

Advance from practical nursing to RN with bridge programs that credit your LPN coursework.

18 months

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CNA ADN

CNA to ADN (Registered Nurse)

Turn your CNA experience into an associate nursing degree. The fastest route to RN licensure.

2 years

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