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 Ivy Tech Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
ATI TEAS (all four sections, Proficient level or higher, $86) must be on file before the window closes. Three windows: fall start March 15 to May 15, spring start August 15 to October 22, summer start December 1 to February 1; not every campus accepts every window. Prereqs APHY 101, APHY 102, ENGL 111, PSYC 101 with C or better. Traditional track 69 to 73 credits over 4 semesters ($13,022); LPN/paramedic transition track 3 semesters ($10,881).
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 to RN Bridge
LPN ADNAdvance from practical nursing to RN with bridge programs that credit your LPN coursework.
- Time
- 18 months
- State
- All states
Antelope Valley Community College District
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CNA to ADN (Registered Nurse)
CNA ADNTurn your CNA experience into an associate nursing degree. The fastest route to RN licensure.
- Time
- 2 years
- State
- All states
Snead State Community College
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People
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
Chocolat_love1 FitGirl🏋️💪🏻
Practical nursing student at Ivy Tech · Indiana
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Diaries of Nelly
RN loading · mom of 2 · nursing student documenting it all
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@beltifi_rose
Indiana · practical nursing student · Ivy Tech · class of 2027
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Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.