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 Grand Valley State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
Traditional BSN is competitive secondary admission: students admitted to GVSU enroll as nursing majors and file a secondary application through the Kirkhof College of Nursing application page; meeting minimums does not guarantee admission, and applicants who already hold a bachelor's degree are ineligible (second degree track instead). GPA, exam, materials and deadlines are not published on the fetched KCON pages; the college refers applicants to the Office of Student Services at 616-331-7160.
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.