Atlantic Cape Community College

• With three locations in southern New Jersey, Atlantic Cape Community College offers a nursing program where graduates receive an associate's degree in applied science. This degree prepares students for a career path as a registered nurse. Students must maintain at least a C average to stay in the highly competitive program. Acceptance is not guaranteed, even if students have taken successfully all prerequisite courses for admission. The program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc.
  
  

Prism Career Institute

• With locations in Cherry Hill and Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Prism Career Institute offers a nursing program where graduates earn a certification in licensed practical nursing after 15 months. Students are trained to work in patient care including taking vital signs, doing routine tests and caring for patients within hospital, home and office settings. Prism helps its students with job placement.
  
  

Burlington County Institute of Technology

• At Burlington County Institute of Technology, students can earn a certification in licensed practical nursing in its health occupations career program. Students are trained via classroom instruction, laboratory experience, clinical conferences, clinical practice and clinical experience. Upon graduation from this program, students are qualified to take the National Council Licensure Examination in Practical Nursing.
  
  

Camden County College

• The Our Lady of Lourdes School of Nursing Cooperative Program at Camden County College prepares nursing students to become nurse generalists who are capable of functioning in a variety of health-care settings. Students graduate with an associate's degree in science and are prepared to take the examination to earn a registered nursing (RN) certification. To gain admission students must have a GED or high school diploma from an accredited secondary school, earn a composite score of 900 on the SAT or a 19 on the ACT and take basic skills courses in math and English at the college level; they also must have maintained at least a C average in all for-credit courses.
  
  

Rutgers University, Camden

• The Rutgers University School of Nursing offers a program in Camden, New Jersey. This is a four-year baccalaureate program where students can earn a bachelor of science degree in nursing and prepare to become a registered nurse. The university also offers graduate studies in nursing. The program is accredited by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education and approved by the New Jersey State Board of Nursing. Only 25 students are enrolled annually in this highly competitive program.