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 Frederick Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Selective admission with priority to Frederick County residents; free college application plus a separate Nursing Application. Fall/daytime cohort (64 seats) application opens Jan 1 and closes Mar 1; spring evening and weekend cohort (32 seats) opens Aug 1 and closes Oct 1. All pre-admission courses (ENGL101, MATH120, PSYC101, SOCY101, EDPS210, communications, arts, humanities electives, BSCI201, BSCI202, BSCI223) with C or higher; sciences no older than 5 years and no more than two enrollments each. TEAS required (score within 2 years); one bonus point for 58.7% overall, 69% math and 69% reading on the same test. 70 to 74 credits, typically 3.5 years including prerequisites.
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 Frederick Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
12
Entrance exams
2
Health and background checks
1
Application basics
2
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