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 Pittsburgh asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Personal statement
- Transcripts
First-year BSN applicants apply through the Pitt application or Common App ($55 fee, STARS self-reported transcript, personal statement required for scholarship consideration, test optional through Fall 2028); admission is rolling and December 1 is the date for automatic scholarship consideration. High school units: 4 English, 4 math through precalculus, 3 social studies, 3 lab science (chemistry and biology), 5 electives. Transfer BSN deadlines are November 1 for spring and April 1 for fall (see https://www.nursing.pitt.edu/admissions/deadlines/).
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.