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 University of Louisiana at Monroe asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
Traditional BSN clinical admission requires a cumulative GPA of 2.8 in all required pre-nursing courses with no grade below C (D or F grades older than 5 years excluded); students take NURS 2000 Nursing Concepts before applying and finish all prerequisites by the end of the application semester. Deadlines are the first Monday of February at 4 pm (fall) and the second Monday of September at 4 pm (spring); an application fee is required (amount not stated). 120 credit hours over 8 semesters; the 2026 application form is titled admissionform2026hesi, but the exam is not named on the pages.
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 BSNBridge from frontline care to a four-year nursing degree, with your patient-care hours working for you.
- Time
- 4 years
- State
- All states
California State University, Fresno
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Georgia CNA to RN Pathway
CNA BSNStart 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.
- Time
- 4 years
- State
- GA
University of Texas at Arlington
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Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.