Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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 Washington State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Prelicensure BSN (Pullman, Spokane, Tri-Cities): junior standing (60 semester credits), 3.0 cumulative and 3.0 prerequisite GPA, TEAS score of 70 or higher taken within one year; WSU does not accept letters of recommendation or essays; invited applicants complete a Kira Talent interview (about $15 fee). NursingCAS fee $70. Fall start: opens October 1, deadline December 20; Spring start: opens May 15, deadline July 15. Two years of nursing coursework after two prerequisite years.

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 BSN

Bridge 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 BSN

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.

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.

BSN

Elizabeth Cortez

#Current student#Bachelor of Science in Nursing Accepted toWashington State University

CBC grad now BSN student at WSU · Washington

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