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 Stony Brook University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Basic Baccalaureate is an upper-division two-year program: apply after completing 57 prerequisite credits (English composition, lifespan development, microbiology with lab, A&P I and II with labs, chemistry, statistics and general education) with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8; 3 of the 4 science prerequisites must be done by the deadline. Applications open August 1, 2026 and close January 8, 2027 for the Fall 2027 start; $50 fee, personal statement, resume, official transcripts and three recommendation letters via the StartSBU portal. No entrance exam mentioned.

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.

BSN

Mallory

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