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Overview

Tuition $7,763
Licensure pass rate (2025) 59.09%
Duration 24 months
Accreditor CCNE
A bachelor's-level nursing degree that prepares graduates for RN licensure and broader leadership, community-health, and evidence-based-practice roles. Many hospitals now require the BSN for advancement.

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 Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Minimum GPA 2.5
Application fee $60
Apply through NursingCAS

What you'll need

  • Transcripts
  • Prerequisite courses

Minimum 2.5 cumulative and 2.5 science GPA; 60 prerequisite hours with 30 done before applying and three of four sciences complete (C or better). NursingCAS fee $60 first program, $45 each additional, plus OUHSC supplemental application. Fall 2027 cycle: opens 11/1/2026, closes 2/1/2027, verified by 2/22/2027, prerequisites and official transcripts by 7/15/2027. Campuses: Duncan, Lawton, Norman, Oklahoma City, Tulsa.

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.

Acceptees

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.