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Overview

Tuition $9,577
Licensure pass rate (2025) 95%
Duration 22 months
Accreditor CCNE
A bachelor's-level nursing degree that prepares graduates for RN licensure and broader leadership, community-health, and evidence-based-practice roles. Many hospitals now require the BSN for advancement.

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 Health Science Center at San Antonio asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Minimum GPA 3.0
Apply through NursingCAS

What you'll need

  • Interview
  • Essay
  • Transcripts
  • Prerequisite courses

TEAS minimum overall 65; minimum 3.0 prerequisite GPA with at least 51 prerequisite hours including all math and science, grade C or higher. Interview and writing sample via Kira Talent inside NursingCAS; School of Nursing application fee is embedded in NursingCAS plus the NursingCAS fee. Fall 2027 opens Sep 1 2026, deadline Feb 1 2027; Spring 2028 opens Mar 1 2027, deadline Aug 15 2027. 22 month program; 95% first-time NCLEX pass rate stated without year.

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.

Acceptees

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.