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 Baker University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Interview
On-ground BSN at the Stormont Vail Health campus in Topeka: minimum 2.70 GPA calculated on prerequisite courses only, all prerequisites completed with a C or better before the program starts (pass/fail not accepted unless confirmed C equivalent), and a faculty interview. Structure is 62 hours of prerequisites at Baker's College of Arts and Sciences then 62 hours of nursing courses; the program page cites over 90% first-time NCLEX pass without a year. No deadline or fee 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.
Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.