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
- Prerequisite courses
Apply to the nursing major in spring of the freshman year; decisions in fall of sophomore year; the major begins spring semester of sophomore year. TEAS must be taken by the summer before sophomore year and a CNA course completed by the interim before sophomore spring. Minimum 2.75 cumulative Bethel GPA including prerequisite sciences with a C or better in all prerequisites; an ACT of 26+ or an Advanced TEAS score qualifies for early admittance.
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.