Upcoming Test Dates & Scheduling Information

There are currently no Kaplan Entrance exams scheduled. Our next application cycle for Fall 2025 admissions opens November 1, 2024. Please check back closer to this date for more information.

About the Kaplan Entrance Test

Kaplan’s Admission Test is a tool to determine if students have the academic skills necessary to perform effectively in a school of nursing. The Admission Test is a 91-question, multiple-choice test that evaluates the basic reading, math, writing and science skills of students seeking entry into a nursing program leading to NCLEX licensure. More information about the test can be found here.

Many study guides are available to prepare for the test and include Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep (10th Edition), ISBN: 978-1506290362 and Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exam 2024-2025 Study Guide: Practice Tests and Prep Book (4th Edition), ISBN: 978-1637751015. Copies are available for individual purchase online through sites such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble and may be available for check out at the Davis Memorial Library or your local library. Other study guide options include TEAS V and HESI test prep books.

Methodist University’s Pre-Licensure Nursing Program requires an overall score of 65 on the Kaplan Admission Test. Scores are valid for three (3) years from the date taken. All scores must be on file with the Nursing Department by the deadline date of January 31 to be considered with your application packet.