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 Rasmussen University-Minnesota asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Background check
- Immunizations
System-wide program page (no Minnesota-specific page found). Entrance exam is HESI A2, TEAS, ACT or SAT, waived with a bachelor's degree at 2.25+ GPA; no prerequisite coursework. 56 credits in as few as 15 months, eight start dates a year; tuition and the 90.85% 2025 NCLEX-PN pass rate quoted on the page are for Florida campuses.
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 Rasmussen University-Minnesota. Open a category to see each one.
Entrance exams
4
Certifications
1
Health and background checks
2
Application basics
1
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
