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Overview

Tuition $44,934
Licensure pass rate (2025) 100%
Accreditor ACEN
Duration 4 years
A bachelor's-level nursing degree that prepares graduates for RN licensure and broader leadership, community-health, and evidence-based-practice roles. Many hospitals now require the BSN for advancement.

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 Cedar Crest College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Minimum GPA 2.5
Application fee Free
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Interview
  • Prerequisite courses

Cedar Crest Select (direct admit) requires unweighted GPA of 3.5 or higher at end of junior year, 1 year each of HS biology, chemistry and an advanced science, and an interview with a Cedar Crest Select Nursing representative. Application is free. NCLEX 100% (30/30) for the 2024-2025 full-time track; ABSN option is 15 months.

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 Cedar Crest College. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

10

Entrance exams

1

Certifications

1

Health and background checks

4

Application basics

2

Paths

Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.