Nursing
Associate in Applied Science (AAS)
Offered through Health Professions
@ Florissant Valley | Forest Park | Meramec | Wildwood
Nursing is an art and applied science that is practiced in a variety of acute and long-term care settings. Nurses assist groups and individuals in the promotion and maintenance of health, restoration to health, adaptation to long-term illness and provision for comfort when return to health is no longer possible.
Required Courses
The recommended academic plan blends general education requirements with options for areas of concentration to ensure students get the most out of their certificate or degree.
Please see an academic advisor regarding changes in nursing admission requirements.
Additional Requirements
Nursing Program Fast Facts
Clinical opportunities throughout the St. Louis area including Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Cardinal Glennon, Mercy, St. Luke’s Hospital and more.
STLCC’s nursing program is affordable at $19,000 for the two-year program*. This is approximately 20% of the cost of other similar programs in the St. Louis area.
Employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 15 percent from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations.
2 years
Get your nursing degree in as little as 2 years.
90%
Pass Rate for the NCLEX-RN®.
$19,000
Total cost for the two-year program.
Testimonials
- Nursing Student: Richelle Herron
- Nursing Student: Conswayla Bosley
- Nursing Student: Daetron Thomas
Brand New Facilities at STLCC-Forest Park
The Center for Nursing and Health Sciences at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park as it becomes the new front door to the campus. The center is the first new building constructed at the campus in nearly 20 years. Completed in 2019, it is a state-of-the-art learning environment featuring the latest technology that will help address the need for more skilled healthcare workers in the St. Louis region.
Bachelor Degree Completion Programs
St. Louis Community College has developed strong partnerships with surrounding universities that provide students with the opportunity to enroll at STLCC and the university simultaneously. This dual admission program makes it possible for students to be jointly admitted to both institutions. It provides nursing students at STLCC with the opportunity to seamlessly complete a bachelor's degree through the university and provides students with access to resources at both institutions.
LPN Bridge
LPN Bridge is a course for LPN’s to allow them to bridge into an associate degree in the nursing program. Because LPN’s already have some of the same content that is covered in the first year (the first two semesters) of the 4-semester nursing program, the LPN Bridge course was developed to “bridge” or to cover the content from the first year of the program that LPN’s have not had. Students take one bridge course, NUR:160, and then they enter the third semester and finish along with the regular nursing students.
Accreditation
The Associate Degree Nursing program at St. Louis Community College (STLCC), located in St. Louis, MO, is accredited by the:
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
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The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the Associate Degree Nursing program at STLCC based on the February 2020 evaluation visit is continuing accreditation, with the next scheduled evaluation visit for spring 2028.
The STLCC Nursing program has full approval by the Missouri Board of Nursing.
Program Outcome #1 - Nursing Program Completion Rates
| Cohort Admission Semester | 150% Completion Semester | STLCC Florissant Valley Campus | STLCC Forest Park Campus | STLCC Meramec Campus | STLCC LPN Bridge Forest Park Campus | STLCC District |
| 2015 Fall | 2018 Spring | 39.3% 22/56 |
47.1% 16/34 |
61.5% 24/39 |
No class | 48.1% 62/129 |
| 2016 Spring | 2018 Fall | No class | 42.5% 17/40 |
80% 32/40 |
60.7% 17/28 |
61.1% 66/108 |
| 2018 Aggregated | 39.3% 22/56 |
44.6% 33/74 |
70.9% 56/79 |
60.7% 17/28 |
54% 128/237 |
|
| 2016 Fall | 2019 Spring | 54.5% 30/55 |
54.3% 19/35 |
59.0% 23/39 |
No class | 55.8% 72/129 |
| 2017 Spring | 2019 Fall | No class | 41.2% 14/34 |
67.6% 25/37 |
73.3% 22/30 |
60.4% 61/101 |
| 2019 Aggregated | 54.5% 30/55 |
47.8% 33/69 |
63.2% 48/76 |
73.3% 22/30 |
57.8% 133/230 |
|
| 2017 Fall | 2020 Spring | 68.2% 45/66 |
47.4% 18/38 |
61.5% 24/39 |
No class | 60.8% 87/143 |
| 2018 Spring | 2020 Fall | No class | 57.9% 22/38 |
71.8% 28/39 |
84.4% 27/32 |
70.6% 77/109 |
| 2020 Aggregated |
68.2% 45/66 |
52.6% 40/76 |
66.7% 52/78 |
84.4% 27/32 |
65.1% 164/252 |
Program Outcome #2: NCLEX Pass Rates
| NCLEX Testing (Jan. 1-Dec. 31) | Graduating Cohort | STLCC Florissant Valley Campus | STLCC Forest Park Campus | STLCC Meramec Campus | STLCC District (Includes LPN Bridge) | STLCC LPN Bridge Forest Park Campus | Missouri | National |
| 2018 | December 2017 |
NA | 88.4% 23/26 |
96.67% 29/30 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| May 2018 | 96.67% 29/30 |
89.4% 17/19 |
97.14% 34/35 |
94.29% 132/140 |
94.1% 16/17 |
N/A | N/A | |
| 2018 Aggregated | 96.67% 29/30 |
88.89% 40/45 |
96.62% 63/65 |
94.29% 132/140 |
94.1% 16/17 |
90.55% 3402/3757 |
88.30% 144,111/163,207 |
|
| 2019 | December 2018 |
N/A | 96.4% 27/28 |
85.71% 30/35 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| May 2019 | 93.94% 31/33 |
96.6% 28/29 |
97.22% 35/36 |
93.17% 151/161 |
87.5% 14/16 |
N/A | N/A | |
| 2019 Aggregated | 93.94% 31/33 |
96.5% 55/57 |
91.55% 65/71 |
93.17% 151/161 |
87.5% 14/16 |
91.23% 3444/3775 |
88.18% 151,129/171,387 |
|
| 2020 | December 2019 | 100% 1/1 |
97.1% 34/35 |
81.25% 26/32 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| May 2020 | 82.93% 34/41 |
86.4% 32/37 |
91.67% 33/36 |
87.36% 159/182 |
86.96% 20/23 |
N/A | N/A | |
| 2020 Aggregated | 83.33% 35/42 |
91.6% 66/72 |
86.76% 59/68 |
87.36% 159/182 |
86.96% 20/23 |
89.99% 3533/3926 |
86.58% 153,579/177,394 |
Cost of Attendance
For more information on cost of attendance visit MoSCORES.
Program Career and Salary Information
Pursuant to Missouri HB 1606 (2018), information regarding the number of credit hours, program length, employment rate, wage data, and graduates employed in careers related to their program of study at St. Louis Community College can be found at https://scorecard.mo.gov/. Search using School / Program “St. Louis Community College” and choose the degree or credential type of interest.
The following limitations to the data apply - Information provided is based on the most recent cohorts available. Typically, most recent cohorts for wage and completion data are six years prior to the current academic year. Time to complete a program of study varies depending on the number of credit hours students earn per semester.
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