Nursing Students

Prepare to deliver the highest quality of care with a degree from one of New Hampshire’s most distinctive, top-performing schools of Nursing and Health Professions. Colby-Sawyer offers three exceptional nursing education options to help you reach your professional goals in a variety of health care settings.

Study in ultramodern classrooms and laboratories, and train in world-class facilities alongside medical students at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Admission Deadlines
  • Nursing priority: December 1
    (Applications will be accepted through March 1, on a space-available basis.)
  • Enrollment Deposit: May 1
First Year Application Checklist
Transfer Application Checklist
Academic Checklist
  • Minimum GPA 3.3 in college prep course work
  • College prep English: four years
  • College prep math: three years, including algebra I
  • College prep laboratory-based science: three years
  • College prep social studies or history: three years
Extracurricular Checklist

The Admissions Office encourages you to include your participation in student government, athletics, clubs and organizations, volunteer service and employment, as well as any other activities that helped shape your high school experience.

Take your career to the next level as a Clinical Nurse Leader with Colby-Sawyer’s M.S.N. program.

Admission Deadlines
  • Fall term: August 15, 2019
Application Checklist
  • Complete Colby-Sawyer's Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Application
  • Official transcript from an accredited Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program and official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended
  • Valid and active New Hampshire Registered Nurse License
  • Recommendation from current or most recent employer
  • A goal statement (essay) in response to: "What are your professional goals and how could this program enable you to reach them?"
  • Successful completion of an introductory college-level statistics course
  • TOEFL or IELTS (for international applicants)
  • GRE/GMAT (optional)

Turn your R.N. into a B.S. in nursing in as little as 16 months with Colby-Sawyer’s convenient online degree program.

Admissions Deadlines
  • Summer 2019: May 15
  • Fall 2019: September 3
  • Spring 2020: January 20
Application Checklist
  • Complete Colby-Sawyer's Online R.N. to B.S. Application
  • Official high school transcript or GED certificate
  • Official college transcript(s) from each college/university attended
  • Associate's Degree in Nursing or a Diploma in Nursing from an accredited nursing program
  • SAT or ACT (optional)