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 New Mexico Junior College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Letter of interest
- Resume
- Interview
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
- Health insurance
Applications accepted May 1 to May 20 (5 p.m.) each year for fall admission only; separate NMJC and nursing applications. ATI TEAS adjusted total 58.7 minimum plus section cut scores (reading 72.8, math 68.8, science 58, English 66.8), max three attempts within the prior year. 21 prerequisite credits (basic science, A&P I and II, ENGL 1110, PSYC 1110, PSYC 2120) with C or better within 5 years; 2.75 GPA across five of them; overall GPA 2.0. Packet includes letter of intent, resume, TEAS scores, NMJC physical form, transcripts; interview with the Director of Nursing is a major ranking factor. After acceptance: annual fingerprint background check, random drug screens, physical, immunizations, health insurance, malpractice insurance, July/August boot camp. Two-year program; NCLEX-RN first-attempt 86.2% (2025).
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 New Mexico Junior College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
16
Entrance exams
1
Health and background checks
5
Application basics
4
Experience
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