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Overview

Tuition $89,670
Licensure pass rate (2025) 92%
Duration 36 months
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 Chamberlain University-Ohio asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam HESI A2
Application fee Free
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Transcripts
  • Background check
  • Drug screen

Columbus campus 3-year BSN, no prerequisites required; holistic review of coursework, CGPA and HESI A2 (ACT, SAT or TEAS from the last five years accepted instead; one HESI attempt otherwise). No application fee; background check, fingerprint and drug screen required ($200 fee). Tuition $735 x 122 credits = $89,670 effective July 2026, about $97,420 with fees and books; next session starts January 4, 2027.

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 Chamberlain University-Ohio. Open a category to see each one.

Entrance exams

2

Application basics

1

Paths

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