Residency Requirement

The MCCN residency policy requires completion of the following minimum credit hours to be completed at Mount Carmel College of Nursing for program completion: 

• Associates Degree Program

  • Minimum of 15 credit hours out of 60

• RN-BSN and Traditional Undergraduate Programs

  • Minimum of 30 credit hours out of 120*

• Second Degree Accelerated Program

  • Minimum of 64 credit hours out of 120

• Graduate Programs

  • Minimum of 33 credit hours out of 45**

• Graduate Certificates

  • Minimum of 18 credit hours out of 30

• Doctoral Programs

  • Minimum of 31 credit hours of out 37 

* Traditional program senior level/core courses may not be granted as credit for prior education.

** Graduate certificate students must have a previous graduate nursing degree and evidence of Graduate level Physical Assessment, Pharmacology and Pathophysiology.