ADN

Associate Degree in Nursing

Offered by Henry Ford College Dearborn, Michigan

Overview

Tuition $5,452

Licensure pass rate (2025) 80.45%

Accreditor ACEN

Duration 2–3 years

An ACEN-accredited Associate in Applied Science nursing program preparing graduates for the NCLEX-RN, admitting cohorts in fall and winter via selective admission (2.70+ prerequisite GPA and the college's Nurse Admission Test at 80% proficiency).

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 Henry Ford College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

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What you'll need

Prerequisite courses

Competitive program; applicants attend an online nursing information session and apply to the Pre-Nursing program first, then to Nursing AAS (62 credits, 6 semesters per catalog). Detailed criteria sit behind the catalog Admissions Requirements link, which was not fetched. NCLEX-RN first time: 80.45% (2025, 133 testers), 85.43% (2024).

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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