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 Baylor University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Background check
- Drug screen
- CPR certification
- Prerequisite courses
Apply via NursingCAS. HESI A2 minimum 80 on Math and 80 on English composite, maximum three attempts with 60-day wait. Minimum prerequisite GPA 3.0, science GPA 2.75, overall cumulative GPA 2.75, C (not C-) in each prerequisite; 59 prerequisite hours for Baylor students, 61 for transfers. Texas BON criminal background check before orientation and drug screen before first clinical. Traditional track is a two-year full-time upper-division program at the Dallas campus within a four-year (eight semester) BSN. No deadlines stated on the policies page.
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.