ADMISSION POLICY
Practical Nursing (PN) – Students desiring to enter the PN program will be selected based on the following criteria:
- Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.
- Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED equivalency.
- Applicants must have an enhanced ACT composite score of 16 or greater.
- Applicants must have a Northwest application on file with the Registrar’s Office.
- Once a prospective student has a PN application on file with the PN Program, an opportunity to sit for the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) can be scheduled by calling the Career-Technical Division for each respective campus.
*The PN Program accepts applications from mid-January through April 30 of each year. Testing begins each February.
**The LYTC Oxford Campus PN Program also accepts applications for the spring semester from July through mid-November of each year. Testing begins mid- August.
SPECIAL LETTER - APPLICATION INFORMATION
Click here for a Special Letter to all prospective Practical Nursing students.
Benton-Marshall Center
Persons interested in applying for the Practical Nursing program at Ashland should make application to the following address:
Sheila Burcham , PN Instructor
Benton County/NWCC Vo-Tech Center
25 Industrial Rd.
Ashland, MS 38603
Click here for PN Application and Information - Benton/Marshall
DeSoto Center
Persons interested in applying for the Practical Nursing program at DeSoto Center should make application to the following address:
Tamara Pittman, PN Instructor
NWCC DeSoto Center
5197 W. E. Ross Parkway
Southaven, MS 38671
Click here for the PN Application and Information - DeSoto.
Oxford Center
Persons interested in applying for the Practical Nursing program at Oxford should make application to this address:
Attn: PN Program
NWCC/Lafayette-Yalobusha Career-Technical Center
1310 Belk Drive
Oxford, MS 38655
Click here for for PN Application and Information
Senatobia Campus
Persons interested in applying for the Practical Nursing program on the Senatobia campus should make application to the following address:
Pam White, PN Instructor
Northwest Mississippi Community College
PO Box 5435
4975 Highway 51 North
Senatobia, MS 38668
Click here for PN Application and Information - Senatobia
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