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 Boise State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Interview
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Prerequisite courses
- Transcripts
Minimum 2.5 cumulative college GPA and 3.0 in the science/stat prerequisite set (A&P I and II, chemistry, nutrition, statistics), C or better in all pre-nursing courses with no exceptions. Two step competitive admission using GPA and interviews; $20 application fee; conditional admission requires background check and drug/alcohol screen. Fall applications open Jan 1 and close Feb 20; spring applications open July 15 and close Aug 20; 100 students admitted each semester to the on-campus cohort.
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.
payten
22 · BSU nursing
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Molly Arenas
BSN at Boise State · Idaho nurse
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Morgan Maixner
BSN grad from Boise State · RN in Idaho
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itzel guzman
BSN grad from Boise State · Idaho
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Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.