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 Minnesota State University-Mankato asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Interview
- Background check
- Immunizations
Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA with six core and six support prerequisites at C or better; ATI TEAS required (no minimum score currently, 60% proposed). Applications open May 1 for the fall cycle and November 15 for the spring cycle and close the third Friday of the semester (no calendar date posted); mandatory group interviews in September and February; MDH background check clearance required. 72 students admitted per cycle, cohorts start in January and August.
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.
Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.