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 asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Essay
- Interview
- Prerequisite courses
Students enter Auburn as pre-nursing, then apply to the upper division; the application opens in the fall semester each year (page says application opens August 2027) and deadlines are posted when it opens, with admitted students starting upper division the following spring. Applicants need at least 3 of the 5 science prerequisites (BIOL 1020, CHEM 1030, BIOL 2500, BIOL 2510, BIOL 3200) completed within 5 years with a minimum 2.0 science GPA and all prerequisites at C or higher. Application includes short answer responses, documentation of healthcare or military and servant leadership experience, and an interview with traditional, situational, and personal essay components; round 2 decisions go out mid October.
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.