Arizona College of Nursing
CCNE AccreditedArizona College of Nursing is a CCNE-accredited accelerated-BSN school. Phoenix, Tempe, and Tucson hold full Arizona Board of Nursing approval for the BSN (program codes US96510600, US96500100, US96510500); the 28-month ABSN is the only degree listed in our catalog. Additional campuses operate outside Arizona and are not mixed into the home-state NCLEX series.
Arizona College of Nursing at a glance
- Arizona College of Nursing reports a first-time NCLEX pass rate of 85%. Multi-year board data for this school is not yet published here.
- Arizona College of Nursing lists 26 campuses in 15 states, including Phoenix, Tempe, Tucson, Glendale and 22 more.
- Opportunity Score: 74/100 — our weighted composite of NCLEX outcomes, tuition, clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Strongest components: Clinical partnerships and Online flexibility.
- Clinical placement access scores 90/100, based on the hospital systems this school places students into.
- Listed program tuition: $56,000 total.
- 1 nursing program listed — BSN offered on campus.
- Programmatic accreditation: CCNE.
85%
Reported first-time NCLEX pass rate
Source: State board of nursing
26
Nursing campuses in 15 states
Source: School locations page
74/100
Opportunity Score
Source: MyNursingSchools methodology
90/100
Clinical placement access
Source: School-published clinical partners
- Programs Offered
- 1
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 85%
- Clinical Access
- 90/100
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
Nursing Programs at Arizona College of Nursing(1)
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Arizona College of Nursingoverall score
Strengths
- Clinical partnerships
- Online flexibility
- Job market strength
Watch-outs
- Tuition affordability
Score breakdown
- NCLEX pass rate75
- Job market strength80
- Graduation rate74
- Online flexibility87
- Tuition affordability40
- Clinical partnerships90
The Opportunity Score blends NCLEX pass rate, tuition affordability, graduation outcomes, schedule flexibility, hospital clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Missing inputs are excluded and remaining weights are redistributed proportionally. How we calculate this.
Arizona College of Nursingclinical access
- Intermountain Health is the primary clinical education partner.
- Clinical placements are coordinated by the school.
- Features advanced simulation labs with high-fidelity patient simulators.
- Partnership with Scholars Network provides employment pathways for graduates.
Named hospital & health-system partners
- Intermountain Health
Sources: arizonacollege.edu, arizonacollege.edu, arizonacollege.edu. How we score this
Admissions at Arizona College of Nursing
- •High school or college cumulative GPA of 2.75 is required for admission into the BSN program.
- •Applicants must complete and pass the HESI A2 assessment exam.
- •Most common admission pathway: a minimum weighted HESI A2 score of 60% when cumulative GPA is 2.75 or higher.
- •Alternate pathway: if cumulative GPA is below 2.75, a minimum weighted HESI A2 score of 75% is required.
- •GPA requirements may be waived if HESI A2 score is 75% or above.
- •No published overall acceptance/admission rate (%) is available on official pages. No verified statistic found.
- •Arizona College of Nursing does not operate a waitlist—they state there is no waiting list and that advisors assist promptly upon inquiry.
- •Transfer credit policy:
- •– Applicants with transferring science or math courses must have earned a “B” or higher (within 5 years) for eligibility.
- •– Other general education courses require a “C” or higher (within 10 years).
- •Prerequisite courses are not explicitly detailed on the website; the academic catalog suggests general education and foundational courses are part of the BSN curriculum, but no formal prerequisite list or waitlist policies were located.
- •In summary:
- •GPA requirement: 2.75 cumulative (high school or c
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Arizona College of Nursing
- •Learning formats: The BSN program includes multiple environments—classroom, clinical agencies, simulation and learning labs, the community, virtually, and online.
- •General education courses are offered as “convenient night classes.”
- •Session starts: New sessions begin approximately every 8 weeks, providing multiple entry points throughout the year.
- •Asynchronous coursework: Some non‐clinical courses are delivered fully online in an asynchronous format, allowing students to complete them on their own time.
- •Synchronous coursework: It is unclear whether any components (e.g., virtual sessions) are synchronous. The presence of “virtual sessions” blended with evening classes suggests some scheduled online components, but no explicit mention of synchronous requirements.
- •Delivery modes (online vs hybrid vs on-campus): AZCN’s BSN program utilizes a hybrid delivery model—some instruction is o
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
Accelerated BSN
Minimum GPA: 2.8
High school or college cumulative GPA of 2.75 is required for admission into the BSN program. Applicants must complete and pass the HESI A2 assessment exam.
The BSN program includes multiple environments—classroom, clinical agencies, simulation and learning labs, the community, virtually, and online. General education courses are offered as 'convenient night classes.' Some non‐clinical courses are delivered fully online in an asynchronous format.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.