Eastern Iowa Community College District (Eastern Iowa Community Colleges) Acceptance Rate, GPA, and Admission Requirements

EICC's nursing admission criteria explicitly draw a meaningful distinction: a TEAS score of 60% or higher clears the standard threshold, while a score between 50% and 59.9% only makes you eligible for consideration contingent on seat availability, completed remediation, and other admission criteria - a fundamentally weaker position than clearing 60% outright. Given that the TEAS can only be taken twice within a single admission period (with a five-attempt lifetime maximum, each retake requiring a new $75 fee), treat your first TEAS attempt with real seriousness rather than a "I can just retake it" mentality, since landing in the 50-59.9% band converts your admission odds from a clear pass into a conditional, capacity-dependent maybe.

EICC's own admission criteria specify that BIO-168 and BIO-173 must have been completed within 5 years of acceptance to remain fully valid - but if they were completed 5-8 years prior, you're not automatically disqualified; instead, you must complete BIO-163 (Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology) as a prerequisite or co-requisite in your first nursing semester to bridge the gap. If your prior anatomy and physiology coursework falls into this 5-8 year window, proactively plan for BIO-163 as an additional required course in your first semester rather than being caught off guard by this bridge requirement after you've already been admitted and are building your semester schedule.

EICC explicitly participates in Iowa's Last-Dollar Scholarship (potentially covering nursing program tuition entirely after other aid is applied) and maintains both a general "2 Plus 2 Guaranteed Graduation Plan" and a nursing-specific "3+1.5" articulation agreement directly with the University of Iowa College of Nursing - genuinely documented, named pathways rather than a vague "many students transfer successfully" claim. If a University of Iowa BSN or bachelor's completion is your long-term goal, request the specific published articulation agreement document for your intended major directly from EICC or University of Iowa admissions, and build your EICC coursework explicitly around its listed prerequisite and elective requirements from your first semester.

EICC's nursing admission criteria require documentation of either an Iowa Direct Care Worker registry card or successful completion of a state-approved 75-hour Certified Nurse Aide curriculum - a genuine documentation gate, not a soft suggestion. If you haven't yet completed CNA coursework or registered with Iowa's Direct Care Worker registry, treat securing this documentation as an early, foundational step in your nursing application timeline (ideally completed well before you're ready to submit your actual nursing program application), since this is one of the baseline eligibility requirements the application process assumes is already in place.