Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire licensed practical nurses to provide basic patient care such as monitoring vital signs, administering medications, and assisting with daily needs under the supervision of registered nurses and physicians.
Getting in
What Merced College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Transcripts
Prerequisites ALLH-67 Medical Terminology, BIOL-50 or BIOL-16 Anatomy, NUTR-10 Nutrition and VOCN-46A Applied Math for Pharmacology, each C or better with a combined prerequisite GPA of 2.0 and all completed within 5 years; high school diploma, GED or degree required. Most recent application window was January 27 to February 5, 2026 for the August 2026 start; cohorts begin August 2026 (Fall) then January 2028 (Spring); no waitlist, qualified applicants selected by lottery; three semesters.
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 Merced College. Open a category to see each one.