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 Alamance Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Selective points-based admission: college application with NC residency certification and transcripts, online nursing information presentation quiz, ATI TEAS within 24 months (points by score band 60 to 100), selective admissions application; points also for A&P I and II, ENG 111 and math grades and for EMT, CNA II, CMA/RMA, paramedic, LPN or military medic credentials. Active NC Nurse Aide I registry listing required before NUR courses (waived for LPNs). Day option starts each fall, applications due January 31, 5 semesters; evening option starts every 2.5 years (next January 2027), 7 semesters. Program costs about $2,200 beyond tuition plus fees.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Alamance Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
6
Entrance exams
1
Certifications
6
Application basics
1
Experience
1
Paths
Routes into ADN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
Community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find community college ADN programs that fit your goals, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years
Pre-Nursing to RN
HSI community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find ADN programs at Hispanic Serving Institutions, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years
CNA Exam Prep to RN
Community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start by preparing for your CNA exam, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a community college ADN program.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years
Georgia CNA to RN
Community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse in Georgia? Start with your CNA, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a Georgia ADN program.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years