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 Auburn University at Montgomery asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Transcripts
- Drug screen
- Background check
Unadjusted, unrounded 2.75 GPA on pre-nursing coursework and a separate 2.75 on pre-nursing math and science courses; TEAS score of 73 or higher preferred, or an ACT composite of 27 waives the TEAS. Separate School of Nursing application: Summer admission opens first week of December with February 28 deadline, Fall admission opens first week of February with April 15 deadline (TEAS due same dates). University application has no fee; upper division is a full-time 2-year (5 semester) program; pre-admission urine drug screen and background check required.
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.
Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.