Welcome to the SAC RN Program Website!
Nursing is the heart of healthcare! The Santa Ana College Nursing Program is known for exceptional student outcomes related to earning gains, career placement, and living wage attainment amongst graduates. The mission of Santa Ana College is to inspire, transform, and empower a diverse community of learners. The Nursing Program recognizes the strength of the Santa Ana College mission by providing an environment focused on teaching, learning, and the development of students to reach their fullest potential. This cohesive educational endeavor facilitates meeting the students' learning needs to foster success in their chosen healthcare career. The Nursing Program administration, faculty and staff are very proud of the impact that our nursing graduates are making on the Orange County Workforce and we are committed to helping our students write their own success stories.
SAC Nursing Program Applicants for Spring 2026
The Santa Ana College Registered Nursing Program Application for Spring 2026 will open for submissions on September 1st - 15th, 2025. The application instructions will be available year-round and the application itself will go live during the application periods.
- SAC Nursing Program First Semester application for Fall 2025 can be found here.
- SAC Nursing Program First Semester multi-criteria grid can be found here.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT/LVN-RN Entry Info:
The SAC Nursing Program is not currently accepting applications for LVN-to-RN due to an impacted waitlist. SAC is only accepting advance placement to second and fourth semester. LVN applicants may not apply to second or fourth semester. See the
Advanced Placement/LVN-RN Entry Information page for directions.
Letters of "Continued Interest" will be emailed in
May to every prospective student on the entry lists. If a student does not respond to the letter by the stated deadline, the student's name will be removed from the entry list.
TEAS Exam Information:
SAC Nursing offers a free TEAS exam twice a year in-person before applications go live. The TEAS exam for August 2025 is currently closed for new sign-ups. Please check back to this website late-October 2025 for instructions on signing up for the next available TEAS Exam (early Jan-Feb 2026) .
Please go to the ATI TEAS Website for more information and for more testing options (both in-person and remote exams are accepted for the nursing program). For test prep, please reach out to the SAC Learning Center.
COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
Due to the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 vaccine mandates have been implemented in many institutions including clinical sites that our nursing students need to attend in order to fulfill the nursing program educational requirements. Due to these current events, please be aware that the majority of the clinical sites are requiring the COVID-19 vaccine in order to be able to go into their site and participate in clinicals. Please have in mind that you are required to be fully vaccinated in order to participate and fulfill the educational requirements unless an exemption option becomes available. If an assigned clinical facility that accepts exemptions is not available during the student's assigned rotation, the student who is not vaccinated may be at risk for not meeting the course objectives or clinical hours. In this situation, the student would need to step out of the program.
Accreditation Information
The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program at Santa Ana College (SAC), located in Santa Ana, CA., is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), P.O. Box 944210, Sacramento, CA 94244-2100, (916) 322-3350, rn.ca.gov. and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), 3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA 30326, (404) 975-5000, www.acenursing.org.
The Santa Ana College nursing program at Santa Ana College located in Santa Ana, California and is accredited by the: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).
3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 975-5000
The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the Associate of Science Degree nursing program is continuing accreditation to the associate nursing program and the next scheduled evaluation visit is for Spring 2031.
View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program on the ACEN website.
The Nursing Program is designed to qualify the student for the licensure examination and entry into practice as a Registered Nurse (RN). Additionally, completion of the ADN degree prepares a student to transfer to a four-year institution for completion of a baccalaureate degree. The curriculum follows the SAC Conceptual Framework for Nursing.
The Nursing Program Learning Outcome is: "The nursing graduate has completed the Registered Nursing Program and is able to function knowledgeably, safely, and effectively in nursing practice within a variety of health care settings and will be qualified for the licensing examination."
Website Updated 06/09/2025
