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 Goodwin University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
TEAS composite 58.7% or better; TEAS score transfer deadline January 18, 2027 for the Summer 2027 cohort (application deadline December 18, 2026). Minimum 2.7 GPA must be earned at Goodwin (other-institution GPAs do not count); A&P I, A&P II and Microbiology with C+ or better (A&P within 5 years, Micro within 10). Program is under BOEN conditional approval because the 2025-2026 NCLEX-RN pass rate was 74.63%; completable in as few as 20 months part time.
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 Goodwin University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
5
Entrance exams
1
Health and background checks
2
Application basics
3
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
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
