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Overview

Tuition $17,525
Licensure pass rate (2025) 73.6%
Duration 24 months
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 St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam Required
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Interview
  • Transcripts
  • Background check
  • Drug screen

2025-2026 Staten Island catalog: applicants must be 18 or older, hold a high school diploma or equivalent, interview with an admissions advisor, and pass a background check and drug screen before starting. Entrance exam is the Wonderlic SLE: 22 or higher on the first attempt proceeds to committee review; 19 to 21 must also pass the HESI A2 (80 in English composite and math, no fee, two attempts) after a required tutoring session. No GPA or deadline stated for this campus.

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 St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island. Open a category to see each one.

Entrance exams

2

Certifications

1

Health and background checks

3

Application basics

3

Paths

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