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Overview

Tuition $5,218
Licensure pass rate (2025) 98%
Accreditor ACEN
Duration 2–3 years
Registered Nursing AAS entered through a candidacy process requiring a 2.75 GPA in key prerequisite courses and a passing ATI TEAS score.

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 CUNY LaGuardia Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Minimum GPA 2.75
Apply through School application
Seats per cohort 60

What you'll need

  • Prerequisite courses
  • Transcripts

Students enter as pre clinical undeclared health majors and apply for Nursing Candidacy (NUR000) in Fall I or Spring I; Fall candidacy deadline was Oct 16, 2026 with remote ATI TEAS results due Nov 5, 2026. Minimum 2.75 GPA in four key courses (ENG101, SSY101, SCC110, SCB203) plus SCB204; TEAS minimum 58.7% overall and in each section, 2 attempts max. 50 to 60 top students accepted each semester by GPA ranking; proof of citizenship/immigration status category required for the clinical phase.

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 CUNY LaGuardia Community College. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

6

Entrance exams

1

Health and background checks

1

Application basics

1

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.