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 Rivier University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
A.S. in Nursing (ASN): TEAS required unless you are an LPN (only in-person NACE, NLN or TEAS scores accepted); high school or college biology, chemistry and algebra with C+ (77%) or higher; official high school and college transcripts. ASN deadline June 15 for a fall start; 5 semesters / 42 credits after 30 prerequisite credits; 2026-27 cost $427 per credit for nursing courses and $1,200 per clinical course. Background check and drug screen after admission. NCLEX-RN first-time 68.75% in 2025 (92.16% in 2024) per the outcomes PDF.
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 Rivier University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
1
Entrance exams
2
Health and background checks
4
Application basics
4
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
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
