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 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Downstate has no traditional BSN; its pre-licensure option is the Accelerated BS in Nursing, a 15-month full-time program with one fall start per year, open only to applicants holding a baccalaureate degree in any discipline by enrollment (60 nursing credits plus 65 prerequisite credits). Prerequisite list, GPA, exam, fee and deadline are in a linked application-instructions document not readable here; applications go through applyhealthprof.downstate.edu. An online 1-year RN-to-BS is also offered.

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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