Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire BSN-prepared registered nurses for direct patient care as well as roles requiring expanded leadership, research, and community-health competencies across nearly every healthcare setting.
Getting in
What Appalachian State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Immunizations
- Transcripts
Upper-division pre-licensure BSN admits once per year (about 75 students) at the end of sophomore year; TEAS is not required. Requires 3.0 cumulative GPA on App State and transferred coursework, B- (2.7) minimum in the science prerequisites (CHE 1101/1102/1110/1120, KIN 2040/2050, BIO 2200), a signed health evaluation, and Nurse Aide I listing on the NC Nurse Aide Registry. Application opens October 15 annually (the 2026 cycle opened 2026-10-15), submissions accepted from December 20, deadline is 5 PM on the first day of spring semester in January (no full date stated); most students start first summer session, military medics may start fall. The 99% NCLEX figure is a 3-year average, year not stated.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
CNA to BSN
Bridge from frontline care to a four-year nursing degree, with your patient-care hours working for you.
Georgia CNA to RN Pathway
Start as a Certified Nursing Assistant in Georgia and earn your Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Georgia State. Begin patient-care work in weeks, then ladder into a four-year BSN that prepares you to sit for the NCLEX-RN.
People
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.