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 State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Resume
- Prerequisite courses
Minimum science and overall GPA 3.0 to apply (program page); TEAS minimum 50 percent, average of accepted applicants 85 percent, valid one year. Georgia State undergraduate application plus School of Nursing application, unofficial transcripts from all institutions, courses-taken table, resume with volunteer work, one letter of recommendation sent by the recommender. Spring 2027 early action deferred to fall 2027; applications accepted January 11 through April 1, 2027. Program page also lists regular deadlines March 13 (fall) and August 17 (spring); 123 credit hours over eight semesters.
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.