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 Samuel Merritt University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Traditional BSN admits transfers as first semester juniors (4 semesters) with 60 semester/90 quarter units and all prerequisites at C or better; recommended 3.0 GPA in all prerequisites and in the four science prerequisites; recommended HESI A2 of 75% or TEAS of 65% in each subject starting Spring 2027; short answer responses required. Oakland Spring 2027 deadlines were July 1, 2026 (priority) and October 1, 2026 (standard). The separate 12 month ABSN (Spring 2027 deadline October 1, 2026; Summer 2027 November 1, 2026 priority and April 1, 2027 standard) lists a 94% NCLEX pass rate.

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

Estela Rivera

#Current student#Accelerated BSN Accepted toSamuel Merritt University

Esthetician turned ABSN student · Samuel Merritt · CA

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