Riverland Community College

Apply to Riverland

To apply for the nursing program, you'll first need to be admitted to Riverland. Start your journey by completing your general admission, and then take the next step towards a nursing career!

Apply to Riverland

Application Criteria

• ATI TEAS exam (in-person only) within 3 years of the program application period with a score at or above 58.6%. ATI TEAS by ATI Testing online version is no longer accepted. The TEAS exam report must be submitted with the program application, prior to the application deadline.
  • The TEAS exam is offered on our Riverland Campuses. View more information about the TEAS exam. 
  • Important Notice: Beginning with Fall 2025 nursing program cohorts, Riverland will be requiring the HSRT test (in-person) and moving away from use of the TEAS test. The HRST test must be in person, online testing is no longer accepted. More information will follow.
• All applicants must provide proof of an active CNA registry, or proof of an Unencumbered Licensed Practical Nurse before students can apply to the program. The documentation must be submitted with the application.
• Prerequisite courses must be completed before applying to the nursing program and must have a combined GPA of 2.75 or higher (see the “Course List” tab above for a list of these courses).

Admission Criteria

Students accepted into the nursing program are required to register, attend, and pass NURS1200 Nursing Orientation in order to begin in the nursing program.  This 16-hour 0-credit orientation will take place in August for fall semester and December for spring semester.

Application Scoring

The Nursing Program Applications are scored by adding the below items together:

• Cumulative GPA of the pre-requisite courses listed below (must have a 2.75 or higher to apply to the nursing program):
  • General, Organic, and BioChemistry (Chem 1121)
  • Anatomy and Physiology 1 (BIOL 2021)
  • Anatomy and Physiology 2 (BIOL 2022)
  • Composition I (ENGL1101)
• TEAS (in-person) score (percentage divided by 10) 

Your pre-requisite GPA is located on your pre-RN Degree Audit Report located in your Eservicses under the Academic Record tab. 

So for example, if your average GPA for the pre-requisite courses  is 3.20 and you got a 82% on your TEAS Test; you first divide the 82% by 10 and then add your pre-requisite  GPA (8.20+3.20=11.40).

Your score for the Nursing Program application would be 11.40. The maximum possible points is 14.

The following list contains the average scores of students that have been accepted to the RN program.

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Application scores ranges that received admission to the program over the past 3 years

• Fall 2024: 13.47-11.15 (32 admitted)
• Fall 2023: 12.73-10.71 (45 admitted)
• Fall 2022: 12.22-9.90 (45 admitted)

How to Prepare for the TEAS Test for Application to Riverland’s Nursing Program(s)