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 Tacoma Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
Associate in Nursing DTA/MRP, six quarters; three 2-year application cycles a year (fall cohort June 1-July 1, winter Aug 1-Sept 1, spring Dec 1-Jan 1) plus an LPN-to-RN cycle July 1-Oct 1. Thirteen prerequisites complete before applying: B or higher in ENGL& 101, CHEM& 121/161, BIOL& 241, 242, 260 and PSYC& 200, C or higher in the rest; no entrance exam listed. Holistic point rubric (3.5 science GPA, veteran, low income, healthcare license, TCC credits, community service, caregiver, bilingual, first generation); 2024 packet lists 2.5 cumulative GPA, $7,650 resident tuition for the six-quarter program, background check, drug screen and immunizations.
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 Tacoma Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
13
Certifications
1
Application basics
1
Experience
2
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