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County college to BSN in New Jersey: a credit map
By the team. Checked 15 Nov 2026.
The short answer
A New Jersey county college ADN usually covers TESU's 20 lower-division nursing credits, about 30 of its 45 general education credits and much of its 27 elective credits, up to a 90-credit transfer limit. What remains is 28 upper-division nursing credits at TESU plus the open general education areas shown on your evaluation.
Start with your own degree
Every county college nursing degree is built a little differently, so the honest answer to what is left starts with your own transcript. TESU publishes community college transfer guides for nursing graduates of named New Jersey colleges, and those guides show how that college's courses line up with TESU's BSN. Look for your college first. If there is no guide, ask TESU for an evaluation.
Order an official transcript early. TESU needs official transcripts from every college you attended, not only your nursing school, and a missing transcript is the most common reason an evaluation shows gaps that are not really there.
The map at block level
This is how a typical associate degree fits TESU's four blocks, based on TESU's 2026-2027 handbook. Your evaluation will give the exact numbers.
| TESU block | Credits | From a typical county college ADN | Usually left |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower-division nursing | 20 | Met by the ADN | None |
| Electives | 27 | Extra ADN nursing credits often fill it | Little or none |
| General education | 45 | About 30 | About 15 |
| Upper-division nursing | 28 | None | All 28, at TESU |
Which general education areas are often open
County college nursing degrees usually include English composition, anatomy and physiology, microbiology and psychology. TESU names statistics and ethics as required of all BSN students, and its general education also has areas for oral communication, information literacy, diversity, civic engagement, history, humanities and social sciences. Statistics and ethics are common gaps because many ADNs do not include them.
Psychology often sits in a county college nursing degree as a prerequisite, so it may already fill TESU's social science area. Check the evaluation before taking another social science course.
- Statistics: needed before NUR-4190
- Ethics: an ethical leadership course
- Information literacy: TESU lists SOS-1100
- History, humanities or social science, if your ADN had none
Where outside credit can fit
TESU and UoPeople are partner colleges that consider ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended credit. TESU's handbook also allows examination credit and prior learning assessment. Any of these must be approved by the TESU nursing advisor before you earn the credit. We do not publish a course-by-course map to TESU's BSN; the advisor's written answer is the map that counts.
UPI Study courses in statistics, composition, sociology, philosophy and history carry ACE or NCCRS recommendations. Bring their names to the advisor and ask which open area, if any, each would fill.
A simple plan
Apply to TESU and send your county college transcript. Read the evaluation and list every open general education area. Meet a nursing advisor, send your list of proposed courses and get approval in writing. Take the approved courses while you start the upper-division nursing sequence, leaving NUR-4430 and NUR-4450 for last, as TESU advises.
Keep an eye on the 90-credit transfer cap from an associate degree. If your ADN already brings close to 90 credits, extra outside courses may only fill electives you have already met, so check the evaluation before you add more.
What to ask in writing
Before you enrol
Ask a TESU nursing advisor in writing to approve each course before you take it; TESU's handbook says credit earned elsewhere must be approved before you earn it.
UPI Study is not a college and is not accredited. ACE and NCCRS review our courses and recommend credit; a college decides whether to give that credit and records it on its own transcript.
ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
Questions people ask
Will all my county college credits count toward TESU's BSN?
Up to 90 credits from an associate degree may be applied. TESU evaluates each course, and extra nursing credits beyond the 20-credit lower-division block may count as electives. Your evaluation shows the exact result.
Where do I find TESU's transfer guide for my county college?
TESU's nursing admissions section has a Community College Transfer Guide page with guides for named colleges. If yours is not listed, apply and ask for an evaluation, then meet a nursing advisor to plan the rest.
Do I need to retake anatomy and physiology for TESU?
TESU says anatomy and physiology and microbiology are generally met by your associate or diploma nursing programme. Confirm on your evaluation, and ask the advisor if anything is marked as missing.
Courses that fit
ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended courses, studied online at your own pace.
Introduction to Sociology
Self-paced online Introduction to Sociology course (Sociology 110). ACE and NCCRS recommend 3 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
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US History 1
Self-paced online US History 1 course (HIST 101). NCCRS recommends 3 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
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Get TESU's nursing advisor to approve each course first, then finish your general education at your own pace.
Sources
- TESU: Community College Transfer Guide (nursing) (official)TESU publishes transfer advising guides for nursing graduates of named community colleges. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.
- TESU RN-BSN/MSN Student Handbook 2026-2027 (official)120-credit minimum; up to 90 credits from an associate degree and 60 from a diploma programme; 45 general education, 48 nursing (20 lower, 28 upper division) and 27 elective credits; English composition, anatomy and physiology, statistics, ethics and microbiology required of all BSN students; ADN graduates usually have about 30 general education credits; credits taken elsewhere must be approved by the nursing advisor before they are earned. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.
- TESU: RN to BSN/MSN programme page (official)Requires a minimum of 120 credits; active US RN licence; official transcripts; up to 63 credits in course equivalencies after passing the NCLEX-RN. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.