Admissions Timeline

The Elon ABSN program enrolls a cohort each fall. The program will begin accepting applications for the Fall 2025 start term on August 24, 2024. The final deadline is May 15, 2025.

Once an application has been received and processed, the applicant will receive an email confirmation and instructions to access their Elon Application Status Page. It is the responsibility of the applicant to review the progress of their application by monitoring their status page.

Application files are reviewed by the admissions committee on a rolling basis in the order in which they are completed through the deadline or until the cohort reaches capacity. Decisions are released throughout the application cycle.

Candidates offered admission and choosing to enroll in the program must confirm their seat in the class by submitting the reply form and a $300 enrollment deposit by the date listed in their acceptance letter. The deposit is fully credited to the student’s tuition upon matriculation to the program.

Contact:

Please direct all questions regarding the admissions requirements or process to the Graduate Admissions team at gradadm@elon.edu or 336.278.7600.

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How to Apply

  1. Visit NursingCAS.org
  2. Click “Apply Now” in the upper-right corner
  3. Select “Fall 2025” for the term
  4. Click “Apply”
  5. Create or sign-in to your account
  6. Search for “Elon University”
  7. Click the “+” to select

Application Materials

  • Verified NursingCAS application
  • Official transcripts from all institutions previously attended (submit to NursingCAS)
  • Personal Statement (upload to “documents” section in NursingCAS)
  • Official Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) Elon code: ElonUBSN

Admissions Requirements

All students must be able to meet the Technical Standards for Nursing.

Undergraduate Degree: 

Evidence of an earned baccalaureate degree with a recommended minimum GPA of 3.0. Those with an in-progress baccalaureate degree are eligible to apply, provided they will receive the degree prior to the August start term.

Each applicant must complete a bachelor’s degree in the United States from a regionally accredited college or university. International degrees that have been evaluated as United States regionally accredited equivalent may fulfill this requirement. All prerequisites must be completed at a regionally accredited college or university.

Prerequisite Courses:

All prerequisite courses must be at least three credit hours. Grades of ‘C’ or better are required in each prerequisite course. All prerequisites must be completed at a regionally accredited college or university within 10 years of enrolling in the program. Coursework from a community college or online institutions can be accepted.

  • Human Anatomy with lab & Physiology with lab: This requirement may be met by taking either: one semester of Anatomy (with lab) and one semester of Physiology (with lab) or A&P I and A&P II.
  • Microbiology with lab 
  • Basic Statistics 
  • Human Growth and Development or Developmental Psychology 
  • Nutrition: Course to be biology-based focused explicitly on nutrition, metabolism and digestion of nutrients.

Test of Essential Academic Skills

Official TEAS scores must be from within the last two years and sent using code ElonUBSN.

  • Proficient level at or above 65 is required