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 Bradley University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Background check
- Immunizations
Direct-admit freshman track requires admission to Bradley plus ACT 23 or SAT 1130 with unweighted GPA 3.25, or unweighted GPA 3.5 if applying test optional. Internal transfers into the major need a 3.0 Bradley GPA and are seat-limited; ABSN track needs a prior bachelor's with 3.0 GPA. Early Action deadline Nov 1 (strongly encouraged for direct-entry nursing), regular deadline Feb 1, August start; 93% NCLEX pass rate stated without a year.
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
CNA BSNBridge from frontline care to a four-year nursing degree, with your patient-care hours working for you.
- Time
- 4 years
- State
- All states
Cal State Fresno and Southeast Missouri State
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Georgia CNA to RN Pathway
CNA BSNStart 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.
- Time
- 4 years
- State
- GA
University of Texas at Arlington and Washington Adventist
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Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.