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 Milwaukee Area Technical College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
32-credit in-person technical diploma 31-543-1 at the Downtown Milwaukee campus with August and January starts, admitted by waiting list (120 seats a year, 60 fall and 60 spring; currently no wait). Admission requires a high school diploma or equivalent and Nursing Assistant training before petitioning; academic preparedness requires a 2.5 MATC GPA, anatomy and physiology with a B- or higher completed within five years, and a TEAS score of 58.7% or higher (valid five years, three lifetime attempts). Review windows are February for fall and September for spring; ACEN continuing accreditation.
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 Milwaukee Area Technical College. Open a category to see each one.