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 Tulsa Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Drug screen
- CPR certification
- Immunizations
Bi-annual deadlines for the Traditional and Career Mobility tracks: April 1 for fall and September 1 for spring. Overall college GPA minimum 2.5; prerequisite semester courses with C or better; ACCUPLACER placement with advisor referral (no TEAS/HESI named). Upon acceptance: drug screen, 7-year criminal background check, AHA BLS CPR, full health record with immunizations. Traditional track is 4 semesters after a prerequisite semester; career mobility is 3 semesters. Approximately 80 students accepted each fall and spring for the traditional track. NCLEX first-time: 92% (2024), 84.41% (2023), 80.84% (2022).
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.