Associate Degree Nursing (RN)

A five-semester day program with a fall start that prepares graduates to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care; graduates are eligible to apply for the NCLEX. Applicants earn admission points for nine co-requisite courses, GPA and ATI TEAS scores.

Credential

Associate degree in nursing

Delivery

Not verified

Study intensity

Not verified

Duration

Five semesters

Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Credits

Not verified

Campus

Dallas Campus — Dallas, NC

Who can apply

New to nursing (no prior degree needed)

Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Licensure stage

Prelicensure: prepares students who are not yet licensed for a first license exam

Licensure exam

Graduates are eligible to apply for the NCLEX

Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Minimum GPA

Minimum 2.5Minimum cumulative co-requisite course GPA of 2.5 to be eligible to apply

Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Prerequisite courses

Co-requisite courses include Anatomy & Physiology I and II, Microbiology, General Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Writing & Inquiry, Writing/Research in the Discipline, College Transfer Success and a humanities elective

Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Other requirement

Mandatory information session for all applicants

Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

ATI TEAS

Not verifiedATI TEAS composite, math and reading scores earn admission points on the point sheet; no minimum score is stated

Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Requirements not listed here are unknown to us — not “not required”.

• $76 per credit

  In-state — In-state residents · Based on 2025 prices for nursing and related course classes

  Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

• $268 per credit

  Out-of-state — Out-of-state residents · Based on 2025 prices for nursing and related course classes

  Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

• $12,966.50 total program

  In-state — In-state residents · Estimated program cost (page updated 7/24/2025)

  Includes: Page's estimated program cost across all semesters (tuition, fees, books, uniforms and related items itemized on the page); estimate, subject to change

  Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

• $26,214.50 total program

  Out-of-state — Out-of-state residents · Estimated program cost (page updated 7/24/2025)

  Includes: Page's estimated program cost across all semesters (tuition, fees, books, uniforms and related items itemized on the page); estimate, subject to change

  Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms: Fall Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026

• Application window opens October 1 through March 1 each year

  Fall (annual)

  Source: gaston.edu · verified October 6, 2026
  Date not confirmed

A date without a year printed next to it on the school's page is shown as “date not confirmed”. Passed dates are never rolled forward.

Clinical arrangements: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

We never infer a placement guarantee from marketing wording; only arrangements the school states are shown.

1. gaston.edu/health-human-services/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2026/09/ADN-Point-Sheet-with-T — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
2. ACEN Search Programs: Gaston College — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
3. gaston.edu/health-human-services/nursing-programs/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
4. gaston.edu/health-human-services/nursing-programs/nursing-lpn-rn/outcomes/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
5. gaston.edu/health-human-services/nursing-programs/nursing-registered-2/accreditations/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
6. gaston.edu/health-human-services/nursing-programs/nursing-registered-2/eligibility-require — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
7. gaston.edu/health-human-services/nursing-programs/nursing-registered-2/outcomes/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
8. gaston.edu/health-human-services/nursing-programs/nursing-registered-2/program-costs/ — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026

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