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 Palm Beach Atlantic University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Three entry routes: Direct Admit (3.5 HS GPA, two or more lab sciences and HS chemistry at B or higher, SAT 560 ERW/530 Math or ACT 21 or CLT equivalents), Pathway to Nursing (3.0 HS/transfer GPA, Algebra II at B or higher, 3.0 overall and science/math GPA after first semester), and Transfer (3.0 overall and 3.0 math/science prerequisite GPA, prerequisites at B or higher, ATI TEAS v7 minimum 68.7; deadlines April 15 for fall and November 15 for spring; 74 credits over five full time semesters). 97% NCLEX pass rate (year not stated).

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.

Timeline

4 years

State

All states

Support available to Spanish learners

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.

Timeline

4 years

State

GA

Support available to Spanish learners

University of Texas at Arlington

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Acceptees

Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.

NP

Tervil

#Current student#Nurse Practitioner Accepted toPalm Beach Atlantic University

BSN RN · FNP student at Palm Beach Atlantic · FL

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