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 Alcorn State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Resume
- Personal statement
- Immunizations
Generic BSN option requires an ACT composite of 21, overall GPA 2.5 with grade C or better in each prerequisite, high school and all college transcripts, separate ASU and School of Nursing applications, three recommendation letters (two academic, one community service), resume, personal statement and immunization record; selection is points based. The criteria packet linked from the BSN page is dated March 2023 and gave January 31, 2024 as that cycle's deadline, so confirm the current deadline with the School of Nursing (Natchez campus, 601.304.4306). Eight semesters full time including prerequisites; the upper level program is four semesters.
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 Alcorn State University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
1
Entrance exams
1
Health and background checks
1
Application basics
2
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
University BSN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find university BSN programs that fit your goals, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Timeline
- 4 years
Pre-Nursing to RN
HBCU BSN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find BSN programs at historically Black colleges and universities, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Timeline
- 4 years
CNA Exam Prep to RN
University BSN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start by preparing for your CNA exam, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a university BSN program.
- 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
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
