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 Santa Fe College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
RN to BSN only: minimum 2.5 overall college GPA, official transcripts showing graduation from an ACEN or NLN CNEA accredited A.S. Nursing program, RN license number emailed to Health Sciences advising; background checks, immunizations and drug screen after acceptance. Health advising dates page: application opens Dec 16, 2026, deadline May 5, 2027 for Summer 2027; May 5 to Aug 7, 2027 for Fall 2027 (transcripts due two weeks before deadline). 30 credit hours, 2.5 semesters full-time or 5 part-time; $3,793.20 Florida residents / $12,864.90 non-residents.
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.