LPN-to-ADN in Nursing

Build or advance your RN career with our direct-entry associate degree in nursing (ADN) program. Audra did:

“The ADN program at Saint Francis had everything I wanted: small classes, attentive professors who know your name, and a high pass rate on NCLEX. I highly recommend this program. You’ll finish the degree faster and get to work.” — Audra Nussbaum ’21, RN, Dupont Hospital

2 Options, Available at Fort Wayne and Crown Point

• New nurses: Earn your ADN in 4 semesters (17 months)
• LPNs: Go from LPN to ADN in 3 semesters

Get hired and earn: 100% career success rate; $86,070 median salary for RNs

Success comes from

• Expert teaching—all faculty are working practitioners
• Top facilities—Sim lab with high-fidelity patients; fully equipped Nursing lab
• Real experience—supervised patient care at clinical and community sites
• We teach compassionate care and communication skills

Highly Ranked and Recognized

Saint Francis was named a Best Nursing Associate Degree School in Great Lakes Region and ranked in the Top 1%. (College Factual, 2024)

Go the Distance. ADN students can enroll in our ADN-to-DNP program with tracks in Leadership and Advanced Clinical Practice of Family Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Acute Gerontologic Nurse Practitioner.