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 University of North Carolina Wilmington asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Prelicensure BSN uses a competitive secondary application after admission to UNCW; cohorts admitted twice a year with application deadlines December 15 (fall cohort) and July 1 (spring cohort). TEAS is part of the prelicensure total score (page links a TEAS Prelicensure guide and score calculator); GPA and other minimums are in a 'What You Need to be Competitive' document not read. Three-year NCLEX pass rate average 2022-2024 was 91.55 percent.

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.

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