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 Adams State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Essay
- Resume
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Prerequisite courses
Early admission window January 1 to April 30 (notified by June 15) and regular window May 1 to July 15 (notified by August 15) for a spring semester start; late applications only as space allows. Applicants must first be accepted to Adams State as a pre-nursing major (transfer students by September 30), then submit 10 short answer questions, a personal persuasive essay, a professional resume and at least two references (3 to 5 recommended, one a science professor); background check, FBI fingerprinting and 10 panel drug screen through American Data Bank; all prerequisites completed with C or better before entry.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Adams State University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
17
Health and background checks
1
Application basics
1
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
University BSN pathway
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- Timeline
- 4 years
Pre-Nursing to RN
HBCU BSN pathway
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- Timeline
- 4 years
CNA Exam Prep to RN
University BSN pathway
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- Timeline
- 4 years
Georgia CNA to RN
University BSN pathway
Ready to become a nurse in Georgia? Start with your CNA, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a BSN program at a Georgia university.
- Timeline
- 4 years