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 Western Iowa Tech Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Transcripts
LPN-to-ADN model: applicants need a valid LPN license (or WITCC PN completion the prior semester) and six credits of anatomy and physiology. Admission test options: ACT 24, or TEAS composite 66% minimum, or ACT 22 plus BIO 173 and BIO 186 with B- or better. Deadlines: spring priority Sept 15 and final Dec 1; fall priority April 1, second round June 1, final July 20. Tuition shown $16,060 in-state, $16,498 out-of-state.
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.
- Timeline
- 18 months
- State
- All states
Support available to Spanish learners
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.
- Timeline
- 2 years
- State
- All states
Support available to Spanish learners
Snead State Community College
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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.