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 Sciences. Colby-Sawyer offers four 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 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Admissions Dates
  • 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
  • Complete Colby-Sawyer’s Online Application
  • Official university/college transcript from each institution attended
  • Official high school transcript
  • Nursing essay and general admission essay
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.

Colby-Sawyer’s 16 month ABSN program is designed for individuals with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a non-nursing related field that are looking to pursue a new career in the nursing profession as a registered nurse (RN).

New Terms Begin
  • September
  • January
Application Checklist
  • Complete Colby-Sawyer's Online Application
  • Submit official transcripts from college/university where BS or BA degree was earned
  • 3.0 undergraduate GPA
  • For students entering in 2022, biology pre-requisite courses (AP1, AP2, Micro) must be completed within 10 years of enrolling
  • For students entering in 2023 or later, biology pre-requisites must be completed within 5 years of enrollment
  • C or better required for all pre-requisites
  • B- or better in Biology courses (Anatomy and Physiology I and II, Microbiology)
  • Applications may be reviewed conditionally with 2 or fewer pre-requisite courses remaining
  • Professional Resume
  • Admissions Interview
  • TOEFL (international applicants only)

Turn your RN into a BS in as little as 16 months with Colby-Sawyer’s convenient online degree program.

New Terms Begin
  • January
  • March
  • May
  • July
  • August
  • October
Application Checklist
  • Complete Colby-Sawyer's Online Application
  • Valid nursing license
  • Official college transcript(s) from each college/university attended
  • Associate degree in nursing or a diploma in nursing from an accredited nursing program

Colby-Sawyer offers three tracks for registered nurses to advance their education and further their careers: Clinical Nurse Leader, Nursing Education, and Nursing Management & Executive Leadership.

New Terms Begin
  • January
  • March
  • May
  • July
  • August
  • October
Application Checklist
  • Complete Colby-Sawyer's Online Application
  • Official transcript from an accredited Bachelor of Science in Nursing program
  • Valid and active Registered Nurse license
  • Professional resume
  • TOEFL or IELTS (for international applicants)

The online DNP program is designed for nurses that already have a master’s degree in nursing and is intended to provide essential skills and the highest level of nursing expertise for work in a clinical setting or professional leadership role.

We are now accepting applications for fall 2023 and winter 2024

Application Checklist
  • Completion of online application
  • Master’s degree in nursing (MSN) from a nationally accredited program with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA
  • A copy of official transcripts for all post-secondary education
  • Two letters of recommendation (One letter must be from a direct supervisor or professional who can address the candidate’s clinical expertise and leadership potential. The second letter can be an additional professional recommendation or a letter from a recent academic instructor who can address the candidate’s strengths as a student.)
  • A copy of the candidate’s unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) and/or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license in the state where the scholarly practica will be conducted
  • A statement of purpose (1-2 pages) that provides the candidate’s rationale for pursuing the DNP and shows how their interests align with the AACN Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice
  • A resume or curriculum vitae (CV)
  • Evidence of completion of a graduate-level statistics course, a graduate-level research course
  • Documentation of the number of supervised clinical hours completed in the candidate's previous master’s in nursing program
  • Interview

*GRE not required