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 Georgia Gwinnett College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
- CPR certification
- Health insurance
TEAS required (no minimum score stated); all general education and science prerequisites must be complete before program entry and every science attempt is averaged into selection. 42 students admitted each fall and spring (84 per year); apply to GGC two months before the nursing deadline. Spring application window May 18 to September 2 at 5 p.m. (fall window listed as closed, dates not shown); decisions mid-April for fall and mid-October for spring; AHA CPR card, health form, proof of health insurance, background check and urine drug screen after acceptance. 100 percent first-time NCLEX pass in 2024, four-year average 95 percent.
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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People
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.