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 Toledo asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Direct guaranteed admission for first-time freshmen with a 3.8 high school GPA (test optional) or 3.6 plus ACT 23/SAT 1130, maintaining a 3.5 UToledo GPA; priority deadline January 3. Traditional pathway needs a 3.0 high school GPA (or 2.75 plus ACT 19/SAT 990), transfers a 2.75 GPA with 12 graded hours; all need a 3.0 cumulative GPA and C or better in prerequisites to apply to the upper division, which admits twice a year (Feb 15 to May 15 for fall, Jun 1 to Sep 15 for spring) and runs four semesters. No nursing entrance exam listed, only ALEKS math/chemistry placement.
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
Bridge from frontline care to a four-year nursing degree, with your patient-care hours working for you.
Georgia CNA to RN Pathway
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.
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.