Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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 Missouri State University-Springfield asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Effective spring 2025 the School of Nursing suspended the TEAS requirement for the 4-year pre-licensure BSN. Students apply through NursingCAS during sophomore year after admission to Missouri State; 4-year fall application opens Dec 1 and closes Feb 1, spring opens Jul 1 and closes Sep 1; the accelerated BSN (15 months, fall only) opens Feb 1 and closes Apr 1. 96% first-time NCLEX pass rate stated without a year.

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 BSN

Bridge 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 BSN

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.

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.

BSN

London Makae

#Current student#Bachelor of Science in Nursing Accepted toMissouri State University-Springfield

BSN student at Missouri State University · MO

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