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 Morgan State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Personal statement
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Immunizations
- Health insurance
Upper-division entry: at least 59 credits and all pre-professional courses complete, sciences within the last five years, 3.0 cumulative GPA. TEAS taken on campus (no minimum stated), proof of TEAS payment with the application. Three letters (academic, personal, professional) and a personal statement via NursingCAS. Application opens February 1, 2027 and closes March 8, 2027 at 5 pm. Criminal background check before clinicals.
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
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Bridge from frontline care to a four-year nursing degree, with your patient-care hours working for you.
- Time
- 4 years
- State
- All states
Cal State Fresno and Southeast Missouri State
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Georgia CNA to RN Pathway
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
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 and Washington Adventist
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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.