Career Information

| Professional Nursing » Career Information

Registered nurses constitute the largest healthcare occupation, with 2.3 million jobs.
More new jobs are expected to be created for registered nurses than for any other occupation.
Job opportunities are expected to be very good.
The three major educational paths to registered nursing are a bachelor’s degree, an associate degree, and a diploma.

—U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Learn more about current job opportunities on the Graduates and Employers page.

Search the Health Sciences Website

President’s Podcast: Answering the state’s nursing crisis
ACC President/CEO Dr. Richard M. Rhodes discusses a solution to the state’s nursing crisis in a President’s Podcast.
Read more
Attention! All students that have not been accepted into an ACC Health Sciences program…
All students who have not been accepted into an ACC Health Sciences program should declare General Studies in Pre-Health Sciences (Associate of Science) for their major. Once accepted into a program, the student's major will be updated.
Read more

	Fall 2016	Fall 2017	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020
Applicant Pool	117	86	92	104	114
Ranking Score	High 38.08 Low 32.96 Avg 35.37	High 38.29 Low 31.56 Avg 34.03	High 39.15 Low 31.93 Avg 34.48	High 38.72 Low 32.89 Avg 35.48	High 38.83 Low 32.79 Avg 35.12
GPA High	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
GPA Low	3.35	3.25	3.16 (TEAS 82)	3.32 (TEAS 81.3)	3.25 (TEAS 83.3)
GPA Average	3.75	3.62	3.68	3.75	3.72
TEAS High	93.3	91.3	94.7	92.7	92.7
TEAS Low	68 (3.93 GPA)	62 (3.7 GPA)	61.3 (3.84 GPA)	66 (3.77 GPA)	66.7 (3.83 GPA)
TEAS Average	80.48	76.83	77.34	81.23	82