Chabot College

Chabot College in Hayward is a California community college with two nursing pathways: a traditional Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) for students entering nursing for the first time, and an LPN to ADN option for licensed vocational nurses seeking RN licensure (the program notes an average incoming LVN cohort of about 3 to 5 students). The ADN is structured as a two-year, full-time sequence delivered over four consecutive semesters, with no required summer coursework; students should plan for weekday classes, with occasional evening assignments or weekend clinicals.

Admission is competitive and occurs once per year for a fall start. The program selects 40 students annually and uses a multi-criteria process (a 100-point worksheet) that considers academics, science GPA recency, healthcare experience, life experience, bilingual ability, military service, and TEAS performance, then places the top third of qualified applicants into a random selection process. Applicants must complete prerequisites by December 31 of the application year and earn at least a 62% ATI TEAS score. Science prerequisites have a seven-year recency requirement and must include in-person labs (online labs are not accepted).

Costs published by the program place overall nursing program expenses at approximately $8,000 to $8,500, plus transportation and other out-of-pocket items such as uniforms and equipment. The program also estimates NCLEX-RN exam and related licensure fees at about $500.

Clinical education includes placements at Kaiser San Leandro, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, St. Rose Hospital, Tri-Valley Stanford Health Care, Fremont Hospital, and Regional Medical Center. On campus, students also use simulation labs, and the department notes test-preparation seminars as part of student support.

Chabot’s nursing offices are located at 25555 Hesperian Blvd in Hayward. For commuting, the campus sits along the Hesperian Boulevard corridor in the South Bay and East Bay transit network, with common drive routes coming off I-880, CA-92, and CA-238 depending on your starting point.

On licensure outcomes, Chabot’s average weighted NCLEX-RN pass rate is 97.9%, which compares above the 2024 California state average of 92.7%.