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Overview

Tuition $3,144
Licensure pass rate (2024) 94.55%
Accreditor ACEN
Duration 2–3 years
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 Truckee Meadows Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

What you'll need

  • Background check
  • Prerequisite courses

Catalog only: MATH 124 (or higher), BIOL 223, BIOL 224 and BIOL 251 must be completed with a C or better before applying; students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0; background checks required by clinical facilities. Program is six semesters (72 units) including prerequisites. The main tmcc.edu nursing site is behind a Cloudflare challenge, so entrance exam, deadlines and selection points could not be read.

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 Truckee Meadows Community College. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

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Health and background checks

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Paths

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

Acceptees

Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.