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 Elmhurst University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Personal statement
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Immunizations
- Health insurance
Application to the upper-division prelicensure nursing major is due January 25 for the following fall entry. Starting fall 2026: HESI A2 minimum 75% on Math, Reading and A&P (transfers may substitute TEAS 75% on all four sections), minimum cumulative and science GPA 3.0 for Elmhurst students (transfers 3.0 science / 3.2 cumulative), monitored writing sample, two professor recommendations (no more than one from science), 250-word personal statement, prerequisites CHM 101/103, BIO 107/108/221, ENG 105/106, PSY 210/315/327, MTH 345 with C or better. Must maintain 3.0 cumulative GPA in junior and senior years.
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
California State University, Fresno
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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
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Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.