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 Bethel University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Direct Entry page: first-year students need a 3.0 high school GPA or ACT 20 / SAT 1030; transfers with 24+ credits need a 2.75 college GPA; apply to Bethel as a Nursing major in one application. The linked Nursing Student Admission policy NAD-101 (rev. 2023) adds a $25 fee, the ATI TEAS (given January and February), a 2.75 cumulative college GPA, C or higher in prerequisite core courses, and a March 1 deadline for fall admission, ranked by GPA and TEAS score. Four-year pass rate for classes of 2020 to 2023 was 90%.
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.