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 Ivy Tech Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
ATI TEAS (all four sections, Proficient level or higher, $86) must be on file before the window closes. Three windows: fall start March 15 to May 15, spring start August 15 to October 22, summer start December 1 to February 1; not every campus accepts every window. Prereqs APHY 101, APHY 102, ENGL 111, PSYC 101 with C or better. Traditional track 69 to 73 credits over 4 semesters ($13,022); LPN/paramedic transition track 3 semesters ($10,881).
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 Ivy Tech Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
4
Entrance exams
1
Application basics
1
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.
Chocolat_love1 FitGirl🏋️💪🏻
Practical nursing student at Ivy Tech · Indiana
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Diaries of Nelly
RN loading · mom of 2 · nursing student documenting it all
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@beltifi_rose
Indiana · practical nursing student · Ivy Tech · class of 2027
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