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 Samford University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Freshman applicants need a 3.0 GPA with four units of English, two of math, and two lab sciences at C or better, plus ACT 21 composite with 22 reading or SAT 1060 with 570 reading (scores no older than 5 years); applicants submit the Samford application and a separate nursing application. Freshman deadlines: Early Action November 1, scholarship December 1, regular May 1; transfer (24+ credits, 3.0 GPA) deadlines July 1 for fall and December 15 for spring. Second degree BSN (2.75 GPA, 2.3 science GPA) has a June 1 deadline for fall only; 100% first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate in 2024.

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.

Avery

Accepted toSamford University

Samford alum · Birmingham, AL

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Alejandra Bici

#Graduated Accepted toSamford University

24 · CNA · pre-nursing · Chicago area roots

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