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Overview

Tuition $5,040
Licensure pass rate (2025) 94.52%
Accreditor ACEN
Duration 2–3 years
An associate-level nursing degree that qualifies graduates to take the NCLEX-RN and practice as registered nurses. RNs provide and coordinate patient care and educate patients and the public about health conditions.

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 Central Alabama Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Minimum GPA 2.0
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Transcripts
  • Prerequisite courses

Accepts ACT (minimum 18) or TEAS (minimum 58), scores sent officially. Deadlines: February 1 for fall admission, September 1 for spring; fall application opens in late October. Prerequisites need not all be complete before applying, but preference goes to applicants who have completed BIO 201 and BIO 202. Nursing application is submitted through MyCACC after unconditional CACC admission; offered at Alexander City and Childersburg campuses.

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 Central Alabama Community College. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

2

Entrance exams

2

Application basics

2

Paths

Routes into ADN. The first step is where you enroll today.

Acceptees

Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.