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 Ferris State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
Pre-licensure BSN qualification policy (effective 02/2025): overall 2.7 GPA at application and at the start of the professional sequence; B- or better in math (or SAT math 580), microbiology, anatomy and physiology, C or better in CHEM 114 and communication, plus ENGL 150 and COHP 100/101/102; only two repeat attempts total. One application cycle per year: the window opens the first Monday in February and stays open 15 days, no waitlist, reapply yearly if not accepted. Five semester professional sequence after about one year of prerequisites; no entrance exam stated.
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.