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 Trinity Washington University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Two-step admission: apply to Trinity (minimum cumulative GPA 2.0, essay, recommendation letter) and complete 39 credits of nursing prerequisites, then apply to the pre-licensure BSN with one professor letter and a statement of purpose. Nursing application deadlines: Fall admission Feb 1, Spring admission Oct 1. Criminal background check, FBI fingerprinting, immunizations and CPR are required after admission. 2024-2025 annual NCLEX pass rate 82.05%.

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.

Shay

#Current student Accepted toTrinity Washington University

Nursing student at Trinity Washington University

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