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 Southern Indiana asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Interview
Direct admission for first-time students within a year of high school graduation: high school junior/senior GPA 3.4 plus SAT 1170 (560 each section) or ACT 24, then keep a 3.0 college GPA and C or better in prerequisites. Standard admission after 31 hours of required university courses is scored on first-year GPA (70 percent) and a personal interview when needed (30 percent); effective fall 2026 a 2.8 cumulative GPA in the required admission prerequisite courses is required. Seats depend on cohort 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
Zoe
Nursing student at University of Southern Indiana · California
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ady.sinks
Nursing student at USI · Indiana
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mia
Nursing student at University of Southern Indiana
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Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.