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Admission Requirements

  • Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from an NLN or CCNE accredited
    institution.  RN’s with a non-nursing baccalaureate are eligible to enter via our Bridge program to the MSN.
  • Graduate Record Exam (GRE).  For test waiver information, please see below* or visit www.tcnj.edu/~graduate/application.html.
  • License to practice as a registered nursing in the state of New Jersey (license to practice in the state of Pennsylvania may be required for some clinical sites)
  • Preadmission interview may be requested
  • Undergraduate health assessment course or approved equivalent
  • Successful completion of an undergraduate statistics course (or approved equivalent) within 5 years prior to enrollment in NURS 506. This course may be taken concurrently with application to the program or in the summer prior to starting courses.
    • Adherence to The College of New Jersey’s health requirements
    • Adherence to the College’s health requirements

 

Additional Requirements for accepted students

  • CPR certification
  • Criminal Background Check
  • Drug Test
  • Additional health requirements specific to the nursing programs [add link to health requirements page]
  • Liability Insurance for student nurse practitioner

 

*Standardized testing (GRE) is not required for applicants to the MSN programs who meet of the following criteria:

  • A cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher in their Baccalaureate degree program
  • A B or better in the first two graduate nursing courses taken as a non-matriculated student. One of these courses must be NURS 504 Advanced Human Pathophysiology.
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TCNJ's Department of Nursing is not accepting transfers into our four year traditional bachelor’s of science in nursing program at this time. We are accepting applications for the ABSN program for May 2025.Learn More
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