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 The University of Texas at Austin asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Freshman applicants select Nursing as first-choice major and answer short-answer prompts; deadline December 1 for fall admission. External transfer deadline March 1, fall admission only, with introductory Biology, Chemistry and Statistics prerequisites; no HESI or TEAS required for external transfers. Four-year program, no part-time or distance option.

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.

MSN

Kel Harley

#Current student#Direct Entry MSN Accepted toThe University of Texas at Austin

Direct Entry MSN student at UT Austin · on the nursing journey

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Bianca Liau

#Current student Accepted toThe University of Texas at Austin

Nursing student · University of Texas at Austin

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Julia and Rachel

#Current student Accepted toThe University of Texas at Austin

Julia in nursing at UT Austin · CNA and CCMA · TX

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