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 Kentucky University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Interview
WKU's ASN is an LPN to ASN completion program (current LPN license required) with online didactic delivery, challenge exams and credit for prior learning; 61 semester hours. Requires the nursing program application by the posted deadline, WKU admission, an admission assessment test, ACT scores if fewer than 10 university credit hours, and cumulative GPA 2.75 or higher (or 2.75 in required non-nursing courses); interview if requested.
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.
Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.