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 Berea College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Immunizations
- CPR certification
- Background check
- Health insurance
Entry into the nursing major requires a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a pre-nursing GPA of 3.0 in the collateral courses (BIO 201, 202, 207, 222, CHM 113, CFS 221, PSY 100) with C or better; only one pre-nursing course may be repeated. Students must be immunized per the handbook, hold AHA Healthcare Provider CPR, pass a criminal background check, TB test and show health insurance (uploaded to CastleBranch) before NUR 110 clinicals. ESL students need TOEFL iBT 83 with 26 speaking. Berea is tuition-free; admission to the college itself is through the main Admissions office.
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.