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Overview

Tuition $4,440
Licensure pass rate (2025) 87.9%
Duration 12–18 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 Clarendon College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Prerequisite courses

ADN is an LVN to RN transition program requiring a current unencumbered LVN license, TSI completion, ENGL 1301 (C or better) and A&P I and II (B or better). TEAS benchmark 58.7%, testing held each February at the Pampa campus; meeting the benchmark does not guarantee admission (selection committee).

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 Clarendon College. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

3

Entrance exams

1

Certifications

1

Application basics

2