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 Monmouth University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Essay
- Transcripts
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
- CPR certification
Competitive pre-licensure BSN designed primarily for first-year students; cohorts begin every fall and all application materials are due December 1 of the year before the start term (notification Feb 1). Requires high school chemistry with a B or better (or CE 111 with C+), a math placement exam and an essay on the nursing profession. $60 fee, waived if applying by Nov 1; Common App or Monmouth application; test-optional review available. Yearly physical with immunizations, AHA BLS, drug screen, background check and liability insurance before clinicals; 2.75 GPA to remain in the program; lecture sections capped at 30 students.
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.