Registered Nursing (RN) Admissions

All prerequisites must be completed with a grade of C or higher and be within allowable time limit.

• BIOL-107 or 200, 4 credits, completed within 10 years of start of clinicals
• BIOL-203, 4 credits, completed within 5 years of start of clinicals
• CHEM-103 or 101, 4 credits, completed within 10 years of start of clinicals

Prerequisites taken at other institutions must officially be on file and evaluated by the application deadline.  See the Transfer Credit tab.

All corequisites must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

The following courses may be taken with the clinical courses, but it is strongly recommended that all courses be completed PRIOR TO starting clinicals due to the demands and time commitment needed for success in clinical coursework.

• BIOL-204 must be taken within 5 years of the start of clinicals or it may be taken with NURS-142 if not completed before the start of clinicals 
• PSYC-101 to be taken with NURS-142 if not completed before the start of clinicals 
• ENGL-121 to be taken with NURS-143 if not completed before the start of clinicals 
• PSYC-200 to be taken with NURS-143 if not completed before the start of clinicals
• SOCI-101 to be taken with NURS-242 if not completed before the start of clinicals
• COMM-101, 105 or 110 to be taken with NURS 242 if not completed before the start of clinicals
• HUMN-101 to be taken with NURS-244 if not completed before the start of clinicals

Official transcripts AND the request to have credit evaluated must be on file by the supplemental application deadline.

• Students must contact their prior institutions to request that OFFICIAL transcripts be sent directly to HCC.  Transcripts that are opened or emailed to students are not considered official.
• Use the Transcript Evaluation Request Form to request that HCC evaluate your prior credit for your current degree program.

• All prerequisite and corequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
• One of the prerequisite sciences (or BIOL-204) must be completed with a grade of A or B.
• A cumulative HCC GPA of 2.0 or higher is required.

Official ATI TEAS scores, valid for two years, must be received by the application deadline.

Required minimum scores:

• Reading 69%
• Math 69%
• Composite Score 66.5%

More information about the TEAS exam is on our website.

All items need to be completed and submitted by the application deadline of May 15th for Fall clinical admission or October 15th for Spring clinical admission:

• Only students accepted to HCC and with active myHCC accounts are eligible to submit the supplemental application.  If you are not already an HCC student, please Apply for Credit Programs.
• Submit official transcripts and Transcript Evaluation Form if you transferring credit from another institution.
• Prerequisites must be completed with the required grades and within the specified time limits.
• Submit the Supplemental Allied Health Application (only available during the application cycles of February 15 to May 15 for Fall admission or July 15 to October 15 for Spring admission). Sign in to the application account using your personal email (not your HCC email) and find the Supplemental Allied Health Application under the section for Current Students.
• A one-time $25 supplemental application fee, payable by credit card, due at the time of submission of online supplemental application.  The fee is waived for active military, active military spouses and veterans with appropriate documentation--DD214 or PCS orders. A promo code will be provided to eligible applicants when applying.
• Two residency documents are required for Howard County residents only

The Evening/Weekend Option is available for the Fall semester only.

Spring admission is for Day only.

The supplemental application for clinical admission may be found in your application account, under "Current HCC Student" during the cycles below:

• February 15 and May 15 for Fall admission
• July 15 to October 15 for Spring admission

For consideration, all prerequisites must be completed and transferred (if applicable) by the deadlines above.

Priority is given to applicants who have completed all four sciences and PSYC-101 by the established deadlines. 

• A randomized lottery is used when qualified applicants exceed available seats.
• Qualified applicants are randomly selected and offered a seat or placed on a waitlist.
• Priority is given to students that have ALL prerequisites and corequisites completed and by the application deadline.
• Lottery selection order:
  • Howard County residents
  • Maryland residents (out-of-county)
  • Out-of-state residents
• Waitlisted applicants are admitted as seats open.
• The waitlist will roll over from one semester to the next.

• NURS-142, 7 credits, 1st semester
• NURS-143, 8 credits, 2nd semester
• NURS-242, 6 credits, 3rd semester
• NURS-243, 3 credits, 3rd semester
• NURS-244, 8 credits, 4th semester
• NURS-245, 1 credit, 4th semester

• Admissions questions can be directed to admissions@howardcc.edu or you can make an appointment with an admissions coach.
• Questions about clinical courses can be directed to the Health Sciences clinical liaison office at hsdcc@howardcc.edu