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Overview

Tuition $7,920
Licensure pass rate (2025) 79.89%
Duration 24 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 Howard Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Traditional associate degree nursing offers day and evening/weekend options in fall and day-only in spring; clinical component lasts two years. A competitive-admission accelerated option completes clinical coursework in 14 months, full-time daytime, starting in summer only. The Nursing department page (academic-divisions/health-sciences/nursing) is stuck in an http/https redirect loop, so entrance exam, GPA and deadline details could not be read.

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.

Acceptees

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.