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 Miami asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Direct-entry traditional BSN: freshmen apply through the Common App and are ensured progression to the upper division if they complete prerequisites and maintain the requisite GPA (not stated). SAT or ACT scores required again beginning Fall 2026 entry. Transfer applicants need 60 transferable credits with C or higher in all clinical prerequisites; deadlines are the UM Office of Admission deadlines. School reports over 97% first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate for 2025.
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
Bridge from frontline care to a four-year nursing degree, with your patient-care hours working for you.
Georgia CNA to RN Pathway
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.
People
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.