RN Programs in Texas
Texas has one of the largest number of nursing schools in the United States of America, so finding RN Programs in Texas that meet your needs is easier than in other states; albeit still competitive.
There are two ways to become an RN in Texas. One way is to complete a two-year Associate Degree program, and the other way is to graduate from a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Both of these qualify graduates to take the national exam that is needed for licensure.
RN Licensure in Texas
Those who graduate from an accredited RN program in Texas may apply for their license. Before it is issued, the graduate must take the NCLEX-RN and pass this exam.
Texas RN Registry
Texas Board of Nursing
333 Guadalupe #3-460
Austin, TX 78701
RN Jobs and Salary in Texas
Registered Nurses work in hospitals, clinics, schools, and in many other places in the community. Here are a few of the RN job openings that are currently available in Texas:
The Methodist Hospital, Houston
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston
American Laser Skincare, Austin
Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake, Dallas
Titus Regional Medical Center, Mount Pleasant
Baptist Medical Center, San Antonio
Park Plaza Hospital, Houston
North Central Baptist Hospital, San Antonio
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, Denton
RNs in Texas earn an average annual salary of $64,210.
RN Programs in Texas
The following program leads to a Diploma in Nursing and usually takes three years to complete:
Covenant School of Nursing
2002 West Loop 289, Suite 120
Lubbock, TX 79407
Community colleges and other two-year RN training programs have very different requirements. Some admit students who are high school graduates or who have a GED, and they allow students who have not had college preparatory classes in high school to complete them as pre-nursing courses at their school. Other programs are very strict about their admission policies. It is best to contact individual RN programs to discuss their requirements with an admissions counselor. These two-year programs lead to an Associate Degree in Nursing:
Alvin Community College
Department of Nursing
3110 Mustang Road
Alvin, TX 77511-4898
Amarillo College
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 447
Amarillo, TX 79178
Angelina College
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 1798
Lufkin, TX 75901-1768
Angelo State University
Department of Nursing
Box 10902, ASU Station
San Angelo, TX 76909
Austin Community College
Department of Nursing
3401 Webberville Road
Building 8000, Rm. 8227
Austin, TX 78702
Baptist Health System
Department of Nursing
8400 Datapoint Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3234
Blinn College
Texas A&M HSC
Department of Nursing
Building I, Suite #2500
8441 State Highway 47
Bryan, TX 77807
Brazosport College
Department of Nursing
500 College Drive
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
Brookhaven College
Department of Nursing
3939 Valley View Lane
Dallas, TX 75244
Central Texas College
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 1800
Killeen, TX 76540-1800
Cisco College
Department of Nursing
717 East Industrial Blvd.
Abilene, TX 79602
Coastal Bend College
Department of Nursing
3800 Charco Road
Beeville, TX 78102
College of the Mainland
Department of Nursing
1200 Amburn Road
Texas City, TX 77591
Collin College
Department of Nursing
2200 West University Drive
McKinney, TX 75071
Dallas Nursing Institute
12170 North Abrams Road
Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75243
Del Mar College
Department of Nursing
101 Baldwin
HS2 Rm. 132A
Corpus Christi, TX 78404-3897
El Centro College
Department of Nursing
801 Main Street
Dallas, TX 75202-3604
El Paso Community College
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 20500
El Paso, TX 79998
Everest College
Department of Nursing
5237 North Riverside Drive
Suite 100
Fort Worth, TX 76137
Galen College of Nursing
7411 John Smith Drive
Suite 300
San Antonio, TX 78229
Galveston College
Department of Nursing
4015 Avenue Q
Galveston, TX 77550
Grayson County College
Department of Nursing
6101 Grayson Drive
Denison, TX 75020-8299
Hallmark College
Department of Nursing
10401 IH-10 West
San Antonio, TX 78230-1737
Hill College
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 619
Hillsboro, TX 76645
Houston Baptist University
Department of Nursing
7502 Fondren Road
Houston, TX 77074-3298
Houston Community College
Department of Nursing
1900 Pressler Drive, Suite 344
Houston, TX 77030
Howard College
Department of Nursing
1001 Birdwell Lane
Big Spring, TX 79720
ITT Technical Institute
Department of Nursing
2101 Waterview Parkway
Richardson, TX 75080
Kilgore College
Department of Nursing
1100 Broadway Street
Kilgore, TX 75662
Lamar State College-Orange
Department of Nursing
410 West Front Street
Orange, TX 77630
Lamar State College-Port Arthur
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 310
Port Arthur, TX 77641-0310
Lamar State University-Beaumont
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 10081
Beaumont, TX 77710
Laredo Community College
Department of Nursing
West End Washington Street
Laredo, TX 78040
Lee College
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 818
Baytown, TX 77520-0818
Lone Star College Cyfair
Department of Nursing
9191 Barker Cypress Road
Cypress, TX 77433-1383
Lone Star College Kingwood
Department of Nursing
2000 Kingwood Drive
Kingwood, TX 77339
Lone Star College-Montgomery
Department of Nursing
3200 College Park Drive
Conroe, TX 77384-4500
Lone Star College-North Harris
Department of Nursing
17200 Red Oak Drive
Suite 200X
Houston, TX 77090
Lone Star College-Tomball
Department of Nursing
30555 Tomball Parkway
Suite 257G
Tomball, TX 77375
McLennan Community College
Department of Nursing
1400 College Drive
Waco, TX 76708
Midland College
Department of Nursing
3600 North Garfield
Midland, TX 79705-6397
Mountain View College
Department of Nursing
4849 W. Illinois Avenue
Dallas, TX 75211
Navarro College
Department of Nursing
3200 West 7th Avenue
Corsicana, TX 75110
North Central Texas College
Department of Nursing
1525 West California Street
Gainesville, TX 76240
Northeast Texas Community College
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 307
Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455
Odessa College
Department of Nursing
201 West University Blvd.
Odessa, TX 79764
Panola College
Department of Nursing
820 W. Panola
Carthage, TX 75633
Paris Junior College
Department of Nursing
2400 Clarksville Street
Paris, TX 75460-7661
Ranger College
Department of Nursing
300 Early Boulevard
Suite 105
Early, TX 76802
San Antonio College
Department of Nursing
1300 San Pedro Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78212-4299
San Jacinto College Central
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 2007
Pasadena, TX 77505-2007
San Jacinto College South
Department of Nursing
13735 Beamer Road
Houston, TX 77089
Sanford-Brown College
Department of Nursing
1250 W. Mockingbird Lane
Suite 203
Dallas, TX 75247
South Plains College
Department of Nursing
1401 College Avenue
Levelland, TX 79336
South Texas College
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 9701
McAllen, TX 78502
Southwest Texas Junior College
Department of Nursing
2401 Garner Field Road
Uvalde, TX 78801
St. Philip’s College
Department of Nursing
1801 Martin Luther King Drive
San Antonio, TX 78203-2098
Tarrant County College
Department of Nursing
5301 Campus Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76119-5926
Temple College
Department of Nursing
2600 South First Street
Temple, TX 76504-7435
Texarkana College
Department of Nursing
2500 North Robison Road
Texarkana, TX 75599
Texas State Technical College-
West Texas
Department of Nursing
305 Booker Avenue
Brownwood, TX 76801
Trinity Valley Community College
Department of Nursing
800 Highway 243 West
Kaufman, TX 75142
Tyler Junior College
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 9020
Tyler, TX 75711-9020
University of Texas at Brownsville &
Texas Southmost College
Department of Nursing
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, TX 78520
Vernon College
Department of Nursing
4400 College Drive
Vernon, TX 76384
Victoria College
Department of Nursing
2200 East Red River
Victoria, TX 77901
Weatherford College
Department of Nursing
225 College Park Drive
Weatherford, TX 76086
Wharton County Junior College
Department of Nursing
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488-0080
The following programs lead to a BSN. Colleges and universities usually expect applicants to have completed college preparatory classes in high school with a Grade Point Average of at least 2.5. They may have other requirements as well, such as minimum ACT score of 20 or SAT score of 1000. BSN programs are very challenging and require a strong background in math and science.
Angelo State University
Department of Nursing
ASU Station #10901
San Angelo, TX 76909
Baylor University
Department of Nursing
3700 Worth Street
Dallas, TX 75246
Chamberlain College of Nursing
11025 Equity Drive
Houston, TX 77041
Concordia University Texas
11400 Concordia University Drive
Austin, TX 78726
East Texas Baptist University
Division of Nursing
One Tiger Drive
Marshall, TX 75670
Houston Baptist University
Department of Nursing
7502 Fondren Road
Houston, TX 77074
Lamar University at Beaumont
School of Nursing
P.O. Box 10081
Beaumont, TX 77710
Midwestern State University
Department of Nursing
3410 Taft Blvd.
Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing
2149 Hickory Street
Abilene, TX 79601-2339
Prairie View A&M University
Department of Nursing
6436 Fannin Street
Suite 1202
Houston, TX 77030
Sam Houston State University
Division of Nursing
200 Lee Drain Building
SHSU PO Box 2209
Huntsville, TX 77341-2209
Schreiner University
Department of Nursing
2100 Memorial Blvd.
CMB 6241
Kerrville, TX 78028
Southwestern Adventist University
Department of Nursing
300 W. Magnolia
Keene, TX 76059-0567
Stephen F. Austin State University
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 6156
SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Tarleton State University
Department of Nursing
Box T-0500
Stephenville, TX 76402-0002
Texas A&M Health Science Center
College of Nursing
8447 State Highway 47
Bryan, TX 77807-3260
Texas A&M International University
Department of Nursing
5201 University Boulevard
Laredo, TX 78041-1900
Texas A&M University
Department of Nursing
6300 Ocean Drive FC 151D
Unit 5805
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5805
Texas Christian University
Department of Nursing
TCU Box 298620
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Texas State University-San Marcos
St. David’s School of Nursing
100 Bobcat Way
Round Rock, TX 78665-8017
Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center-Gayle
Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing
415 East Yandell
El Paso, TX 79902
Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center
Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing
3601 4th Street, MS 6264
Lubbock, TX 79430-6264
Texas Woman’s University
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 425498
TWU Station
Denton, TX 76204-5498
University of Houston
Victoria School of Nursing
3007 N. Ben Wilson
West #272
Victoria, TX 77901
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Department of Nursing
UMHB Box 8015
Belton, TX 76513-2599
University of St. Thomas
Department of Nursing
3800 Montrose
Houston, TX 770006-4626
University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Nursing
Box 19404
Arlington, TX 76019-0407
University of Texas at Austin
School of Nursing
1700 Red River Drive
Austin, TX 78701-1499
University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Nursing
1101 N. Campbell Street
El Paso, TX 79902
University of Texas at Tyler
Department of Nursing
3900 University Boulevard
Tyler, TX 75799
University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston
Department of Nursing
P.O. Box 20334
Houston, TX 77225-0334
University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio
Department of Nursing
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
MC 7942
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
University of Texas Medical Branch
At Galveston
Department of Nursing
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-1132
University of Texas Pan American
Department of Nursing
1201 West University Drive
Edinburg, TX 78539
University of the Incarnate Word
Department of Nursing
4301 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 78209
Wayland Baptist University
Department of Nursing
11550 IH-35 North
San Antonio, TX 78233
West Texas A&M University
Department of Nursing
WTAMU Box 60969
Canyon, TX 79016
Western Governors University
Department of Nursing
2606 Double Lake Drive
Missouri City, TX 77459
For reviews and a full list of RN programs in the state, please visit Nursing Schools in Texas.
