Chamberlain University-Texas (Chamberlain College of Nursing Houston) Acceptance Rate, GPA, and Admission Requirements

Applicants without valid prior HESI A2, TEAS, ACT, or SAT scores (within 5 years) must schedule the HESI A2 Admission Assessment directly with Chamberlain. A retake is allowed only once, only after a mandatory 3-day waiting period, and only within 30 days of submitting the Application for Admission - after that, a retesting fee applies. Book the first attempt early enough after applying that there's still room for one free retake if the first score falls short.

Chamberlain requires a B- or higher for any pre-licensure nursing course to count as transfer credit (C or higher for science courses), and flatly refuses transfer credit for a specific list of core nursing courses - NR-103, NR-324/329, NR-325/330, NR-326, NR-341/342, and any 400-level clinical course - regardless of where or how well they were completed elsewhere. Request an official pre-admission transcript evaluation from the registrar before assuming a prior nursing sequence will shorten the timeline.

The Texas operation spans multiple physical sites (Houston, Pearland, and the Irving/Dallas area) under one umbrella, and Chamberlain runs rolling admissions with new 8-week terms starting throughout the year rather than a single fall/spring cycle. Ask the admissions representative specifically which physical campus and which upcoming 8-week start date lines up with prerequisite completion, rather than assuming a single annual enrollment cycle.

Every applicant, including domestic BSN applicants, completes a required virtual or phone interview with the Office of Admissions specifically to assess program readiness. Prepare concrete, specific answers about the clinical rotation schedule, the accelerated pace, and the reason for choosing nursing now - this is a genuine admissions checkpoint layered on top of GPA and HESI A2 scores, not a scheduling courtesy call.