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 Colby-Sawyer College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
No TEAS, HESI, SAT or ACT required (test optional). Direct-entry four-year BSN; high school GPA 2.7 overall with 3.0 in math and 3.0 in science courses, and completion of a first-year lab science, biology, chemistry, algebra 1 and 2 and geometry. Apply through Colby-Sawyer's own online application or the Common Application; priority and Early Action deadline Dec. 15, rolling after. 97% NCLEX pass rate in 2025, three-year rolling averages 98% to 99.5%.
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 Colby-Sawyer College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
2
Application basics
5
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.
