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 Tallahassee State College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Now Tallahassee State College (tcc.fl.edu redirects to tsc.fl.edu). Nursing, R.N., A.S. (2103), 72 credit hours, limited access with fall and spring admission and no waiting list; applicants must be 18+, complete all prerequisites (ENC1101, BSC2085/L, BSC2086/L, PSY2012, DEP2004, math and social science core) with C or better and a 2.5 prerequisite GPA, and take the HESI A2 with at least 75% on each of reading, vocabulary, grammar and math. Ranking is points based: GPA x 10 (max 40) plus HESI subtest percentages and bonuses (max 120); ties favor service-district residents, veterans and students who completed the corequisites (humanities core, MCB2004/L). Submit the TSC Healthcare Program application by the published deadline (deadline dates are on a separate healthcare deadlines page).
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 Tallahassee State College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
10
Entrance exams
1
Health and background checks
1
Application basics
1
Prep courses
1
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