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LPN-RN

LPN/LVN to RN Bridge

Offered by Cisco College Cisco, Texas

Overview

Tuition $5,760
Licensure pass rate (2025) 97.1%
Duration 12 months
A bridge program for licensed practical or vocational nurses that awards an associate degree in nursing and prepares graduates for the NCLEX-RN. Credit for the LPN/LVN license shortens the program.

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 Cisco College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam HESI A2
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Transcripts
  • Prerequisite courses
  • Interview

Cisco's RN program is an LVN to RN bridge (partnership with TTUHSC); requires current LVN license, TSI completion, HESI A2 with minimum qualifying scores, 8 prerequisite courses (A&P I/II, Microbiology, Pathophysiology, Psychology, Lifespan, Comp I, humanities). Applications accepted year round; interview may be waived.

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 Cisco College. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

7

Entrance exams

1

Certifications

1

Application basics

3