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 Indiana University-Indianapolis asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
Traditional BSN application (admissions.nursing.iu.edu) opens January 15 and closes April 15 for fall entry; priority course completion by end of spring semester; decisions sent June 1; nursing coursework begins in August. Direct admission for first-year students requires applying to the campus by November 1, declaring pre-nursing and a supplemental application. GPA, prerequisite list, exam and fee are not stated on the fetched pages.
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.
People
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
Clare Rader
Lifestyle + nursing student · BSN at IU · Jesus Saves
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kaylahh
Patient care tech now BSN student · Indiana University School of Nursing
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Sophia Johns
BSN student at Indiana University · loving the journey
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carson ⚡️
21 · IU nursing student · BSN in the making
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Aubrey Marks
IU nursing student · Indiana
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Danielle
23 · new grad BSN RN
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Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.