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Overview

Tuition $4,928
Licensure pass rate (2025) 77.63%
Accreditor ACEN
Duration 2–3 years
An associate-level nursing degree that qualifies graduates to take the NCLEX-RN and practice as registered nurses. RNs provide and coordinate patient care and educate patients and the public about health conditions.

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 Piedmont Virginia Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Prerequisite courses
  • Background check
  • Drug screen
  • Immunizations

TEAS required (scores in the Admissions Information Book); apply through the PVCC Health and Life Sciences portal as a current PVCC student. Prerequisites SDV 100, ENG 111, BIO 141, PSY 230. Spring 2027 application ran June 15 to Sept 11, 2026; fall 2027 cycle dates not yet posted. 67 credit hybrid program; clinical compliance (background check, drug screen, immunizations) after admission.

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 Piedmont Virginia Community College. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

5

Entrance exams

1

Health and background checks

2

Application basics

2

Paths

Routes into ADN. The first step is where you enroll today.

Acceptees

Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.