Your enrollment advisor will help ensure you meet all of the requirements for the distance ABSN. Admission requirements include: 

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university  
• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA  
• Completion of prerequisite courses 

You will need 25 credit hours of prerequisite courses and you must have earned a "C" or better in each with a minimum 2.8 GPA within the science prerequisite courses. 

• Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credits)  
• Anatomy and Physiology II (4 credits) 
• Microbiology with Lab (4 credits)  
• Statistics (3 credits) 
• General Chemistry with Lab (4 credits) 
• Lifespan Psychology (3 credits) 
• Abnormal Psychology (3 credits) 

If you haven’t yet earned credit for these courses, your enrollment advisor will help you with the next steps. 

Please have all official transcripts sent to our online records team to ensure the quickest processing possible. They may be sent either electronically or via mail.  

If sending electronic transcripts, send to admissionsrecords@onlinedegrees.elmhurst.edu. Please confirm this receiving address when ordering, as many sending institutions have default email addresses in their ordering systems. If sent to an alternate email address, it could create a delay in processing the application.  

If sending transcripts via mail, send to the address below. Please confirm this receiving address when ordering as many sending institutions have default addresses in their ordering systems. If sent to an alternate address or office, it could delay the processing of the application.  

Elmhurst University 

Online Records Processing 

1501 Woodfield Rd 

Suite 204N 

Schaumburg, IL 60173 

For any questions, please reach out to your enrollment advisor. 

When you’re ready, visit this page to start your application and schedule an appointment with an enrollment advisor to talk through the application process and any questions you have. 

Both the MENP and ABSN programs are available in several authorized states. Students of the MENP and ABSN programs must either reside or be willing to relocate to an approved state during the program. The M.S. CSD program is currently authorized to accept U.S. residents from all states except California, Colorado, New York, South Carolina, and West Virginia. Please visit our State Authorization page for more information.

The online Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders is designed to meet the academic and clinical education requirements for national certification through the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (CCC-SLP) and Illinois state licensure in speech-language pathology. Please see licensure information here for details related to individual state requirements. 

Please be aware that some states require a separate credential to practice in the school system, which may have additional requirements. If a state Department of Education requires a separate credential to practice in the school system, you must obtain that credential to practice in schools. It is the student's responsibility to determine what is required to obtain the credential to work in the school system. It is the student’s responsibility to remain up to date on all state licensure requirements. 

No, there is no GRE or MAT test required to apply to the program.