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 Barry University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Transcripts
- Interview
Traditional BSN is an upper-level, full-time 65-credit program (about 24 months) entered after prerequisites: minimum 3.0 cumulative college GPA with fewer than 3 withdrawals, C or better in sciences (max 2 repeats), ATI TEAS overall 70% with 50% minimum per section (3 attempts, in person), interview at the committee's discretion. Starts spring or fall. NCLEX first-time pass 82% for 2023, 2024 and 2025.
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.