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Vocational Nursing Program Program begins Spring 2026 |
September 2025 | November 2025 |
Thank you for your interest in the Hartnell College Vocational Nursing program. The
program is impacted, meaning that far more qualified students apply than can be accepted.
Before applying, please be aware that classroom and some clinical courses are taught
using face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats. Clinical courses occur throughout
Monterey County and are scheduled seven days per week and 24-hours each day. Clinical
class times, dates, and places are subject to change based on unanticipated circumstances.
Your success is important to us. Please consider your level of preparedness before
committing to an education in vocational nursing. Research indicates that successful
Hartnell nursing students work less than 16 hours per week and have an extended support
system of family and friends. Because of intricacies and rigor of our academic program,
we cannot accommodate your employment or family responsibilities.
We ask that you review our Nursing and Health Sciences Student Handbook and Policy and Procedure Manual. Become familiar with our mission, vision, values, and philosophy before you apply. Please be sure that Hartnell College is a good match for you.
Your Step-by-Step Guide
New, Returning and Dual Enrollment Students are required to have a current application.
It is required that all prerequisites be completed before applying to the program. In progress courses will be not be considered.
Skip this step if you completed all prerequisite courses at the following schools listed
below.
A Hartnell College counselor must evaluate course descriptions and transcripts for
each prerequisite course taken at colleges other than those listed below; it is required
for admission.
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- Hartnell College
- Cabrillo College
- Cuesta College
- DeAnza College
- Evergreen Valley College
- San Jose City College
- Gavilan College
- Mission College
- Monterey Peninsula College
Skip this step if you were educated in the US or attended a US accredited institution.
Mail To:
ATTN: Nursing and Health Sciences
411 Central Ave Salinas, Ca 93901
Electronic Request To: NHS@hartnell.edu
Foreign transcript evaluation (2 orders), if applicable
Highschool Transcript/ Highschool Equivalency
[REQUIRED regardless of higher education]
(1 official hard copy to be mailed or 1 electronic order to nhs@hartnell.edu)
Other college transcripts
(1 official hard copy to be mailed or 1 electronic order from each college where you
took prerequisite courses)
Official AP transcript (1 order), if applicable
If all prerequisite were courses completed at Hartnell College?
You do NOT need to order a Hartnell transcript.
CLOSED - LVN Application
Application Timeline for Spring 2025
September 9, 2024 |
Vocational Nursing application opens |
November 8, 2024 |
Final application deadline |
November 27, 2024 |
Email notification of conditional acceptance or denial |
December 4, 2024 |
Mandatory Nursing New Student Orientation |
January 2025 |
New Student Documentation Due |
January 27, 2025 |
Spring 2025 semester begins |