Beginning in Fall 2025, the following will be the application deadlines for the Direct Entry ASN Program:
| Cohort Start | Cohort Type | Location | Application Deadline |
| Fall- October (B block) 2025 | Evening Weekend Hybrid | Springfield | 01 August 2025 |
| Spring- January (A block) 2026 | Day Blended* | Springfield | 01 November 2025 |
| Spring- March (B block) 2026 | Evening Weekend Hybrid | Springfield | 01 December 2025 |
| Summer- June 2026 | Day Blended* | Springfield | 01 March 2026 |
| Fall- August 2026 | Day Hybrid | Table Rock | 01 May 2026 |
*Blended cohorts will be a mix of seated and hybrid courses and will have the most ‘in-person’ instruction.
The OTC Associate of Science in Nursing program will prepare the students to:
The Ozarks Tech Associate of Science in Nursing direct entry program offers cohorts with two different delivery methods. In general, hybrid delivery involves a mix of online and seated instruction. This delivery method concentrates the in-person instruction at the beginning of the program and it decreases in frequency as the program progresses. Labs, clinical assignments are always in person. Hybrid cohorts are offered at both Table Rock and Springfield locations.
Blended cohorts involve more in-person/seated instruction which continues throughout the duration of the program. While there will be a distinct online component to this cohort, it will follow a more traditional delivery method with more instruction taking place on campus. Labs, and clinical assignments are always in person. Blended cohorts are only offered at the Springfield location.
Clinical assignments take place in Springfield, Branson and/or healthcare facilities in the surrounding area.
The program encourages applicants to attend a nursing information session to learn what it will require prior to and during the application process. We offer nursing program advising sessions frequently and no appointment is necessary.
Conditional acceptance is granted in certain situations. To learn about Conditional Acceptance, please sign up for an ASN Direct Entry program information session or e-mail Charlotte Choate (Table Rock) at choatec@otc.edu or Dr. Stacy Bohn (Springfield) at bohns@otc.edu.
Questions that cannot be answered via the provided links should be emailed to choatec@otc.edu (Table Rock) or bohns@otc.edu (Springfield), or you can contact the Health Sciences office in Lincoln Hall, room 210, on the OTC Springfield campus at the following numbers: 417-447-8803, 447-8804 or 447-8954.
The Associate of Science in Nursing program at Ozarks Technical Community College is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 975-5000
The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the Associate of Science in nursing program is Continuing Accreditation.
View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program
at http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programSearch.htm
