St. Joseph's College of Nursing Acceptance Rate, GPA, and Admission Requirements

Non-high-school applicants who complete Anatomy & Physiology I & II, Critical Writing, and Introductory Psychology with a B or higher are explicitly flagged as more competitive - and repeating a course just to bump a grade up to a C is explicitly flagged as less competitive. Have the student take these specific courses (at a partner school like Onondaga Community College, which lists exact equivalent course numbers) early and treat a strong first-attempt grade in them as more valuable than overall GPA polish elsewhere.

St. Joseph's recently partnered with the state-funded Caring Gene Career Pathways Training program, which covers full tuition, books, and fees for eligible New York residents (and residents of certain bordering states). Check eligibility at caringgene.org before applying to admissions, since this can eliminate the single biggest barrier to attending - cost - and should shape which application track and start date the family targets.

An applicant who already holds a bachelor's degree in another field should apply to the Accelerated Dual Degree Partnership in Nursing (A-DDPN) through Le Moyne College by November 1, not through St. Joseph's standard admissions cycle - this is a separate joint-committee process with its own preferred 3.0 GPA (2.8-2.99 considered) and personal interview, and going through the wrong door wastes a full admissions cycle.

The two formats carry different deadlines - Regular Decision is February 1 for Evening/Weekend and March 1 for Weekday Fall - and Evening/Weekend students can realistically work as a Patient Care Technician at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center while enrolled, building both income and a recommendation letter from a supervisor who already has visibility with hospital hiring managers (70-80% of grads are hired there).