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 Kansas City Kansas Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Generic ADN (2 years) and Articulation pathway for LPN, paramedic or RRT (1.5 years). Selective admission: ATI TEAS 60.0 or higher on the current version (max 3 attempts, sent from ATI), all prerequisites complete with at least 2.50 GPA, official transcripts to the Registrar, paper application and checklist delivered in person to Room 3704 by 4 pm on the deadline, Kansas or Missouri residency required, valid SSN, Wyandotte/Leavenworth residents submit proof of residency. RN deadlines January 31 (fall start, notification in April) and July 31 (spring start, notification in October). 66 students admitted in 2025; NCLEX first time pass rate 88% (2025), 96.01% (2024).
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 Kansas City Kansas Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
9
Entrance exams
1
Health and background checks
1
Application basics
6
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.
