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 Wright State University-Main Campus asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Background check
- Prerequisite courses
Minimum 2.75 prerequisite GPA and 2.75 cumulative GPA (coursework within last 10 years); eight prerequisite courses (Anatomy I/II, Composition I, Intro and Lifespan Psychology, Organic Chemistry, Biology, Statistics), natural sciences within 10 years. Deadlines: February 1 for fall, September 15 for spring; application is a School of Nursing form. Dayton campus offers a three-year (year-round) and four-year (summers off) track; direct admit from high school for Fall 2026 requires a 3.5 high school GPA. NCLEX: 95.62% (2024), 91.13% (2023).
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.