The Nursing program at Skagit Valley College is designed to prepare you for a lifelong career in nursing practice. Nursing is one of the most diverse and exciting careers in today’s healthcare field. Nurses are employed in a variety of settings including hospitals, extended care centers, home health care agencies, physicians’ offices, mental health facilities, and corrections

Admission Resources

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RN Application Due Dates

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Each cohort entry requires a separate application.

Fall 2025 RN | Mount Vernon Campus

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Application to be an SVC students completed by April 1, 2025.

1. If a student has submitted an application and never attended SVC, they must resubmit after one year.
2. If a student has attended SVC within the last two years (8 quarters), they do not need to resubmit an application.
3. If it has been more than two years since last attending SVC, they need to submit a new application.

If you are applying as a new student for the RN program only, you do not need to attend a new student orientation. Please disregard any emails you may receive pertaining to new student orientation.

Transcript(s) Evaluation Request Form, as well as official transcripts, for all non-SVC courses to be submitted by April 15, 2025. If you need to take a class(es) in Spring 2025 to be eligible for Fall 2025 entry, take them at SVC so they will not need to be transferred in. Spring 2025 courses needing to be transferred in will miss the deadline.

• Nursing Application packet due June 27, 2025 by 5 p.m. Mail postmark must be June 27, 2025 by 5 p.m.
• Notifications mailed out on or before July 11, 2025.
• Mandatory intake for accepted RN students will be July 28, 2025.
• First day of class mid to late Sept. 23, 2025.

Winter 2026 RN | Whidbey Island Campus

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Application to be an SVC students completed by Sept. 1, 2025. Previously applied students: please choose what applies to you.

1. If a student has applied but never attended SVC, they must resubmit after one year.
2. If a student has attended SVC within the last two years (8 quarters), they do not need to resubmit an application.
3. If it has been more than two years since last attending SVC, they need to submit a new application.

If you are applying as a new student for the RN program only, you do not need to attend a new student orientation. Please disregard any emails you may receive pertaining to new student orientation.

Transcript(s) Evaluation Request Form, as well as official transcripts, for all non-SVC courses to be submitted by Sept. 12, 2025. All prerequisite courses must be completed, and on your transcript, by this date.

• Nursing Application packet due on or before Oct. 23, 2025 by 5 p.m. Postmark can be no later than 5 p.m., Oct. 23.
  
• Notifications mailed out on or before Nov. 4, 2025.
• Mandatory intake Mid November 2025.
• Classes begin early January 2026.

Spring 2026 - Full-Time RN – Mount Vernon Campus

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Application to SVC completed by  November 14, 2025. Please choose what applies to you:

1. If a student has submitted an application and never attended SVC, they must resubmit after one year
2. If a student has attended SVC within the last two years (8 quarters), they do not need to resubmit an application
3. If it has been more than two years since last attending SVC, they need to submit a new application
4. New SVC student: If you are applying as a new student for the RN program only, you do not need to attend a new student orientation. Please disregard any emails you may receive pertaining to new student orientation. 

Transcript(s) Evaluation Request Form, as well as official transcripts, for all non-SVC courses to be submitted by November 28, 2025 https://www.skagit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Transcript_Evaluation_Request.pdf

• • If you need to take a class(es) in Fall 2025 to be eligible for Spring 2026 entry, take at SVC so it will not need to be transferred in. Fall courses needing to be transferred in will miss the deadline.
• Nursing Application packet due January 22, 2026 by 5:00 p.m. Must be postmarked no later than 5 p.m. on January 22, 2026.
• Notifications mailed on or before February 6, 2026
• Mandatory intake Mid-February, 2026
• Classes begin April 2026