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 Northern Colorado asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
Bear Admission (traditional BSN) is for students admitted to UNC as first-time freshmen and currently enrolled, with a minimum 18 earned UNC credits, a minimum 3.5 GPA for the most recent 30 semester hours, a C- or better in each prerequisite (BIO 110, ENG 123, BIO 245, CHEM 281/281L, BIO 251, PSY 230, STAT 150, BIO 246, FND 250, NURS 326) and the Casper assessment ($50). Applications go through NursingCAS ($60); the application is currently closed and the next Bear Admission application opens in May 2027 for a 2028 start. UNC also lists an Open Admission route where the minimum cumulative GPA is set annually based on clinical capacity.
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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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.