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Overview

Licensure pass rate (2025) 81.82%
Duration 29 months
Accreditor ACEN
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 Concorde Career College-Kansas City asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam HESI A2
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Immunizations

Pre-licensure BSN (Missouri State Board of Nursing initial approval, ACEN accredited), 120 credit hours, 675 clinical hours plus 300 lab hours, completed in as few as 29 months (FAQ also says as few as 20 months). Next class start listed as Nov 2; page and general admissions page state no GPA, exam, fee or materials requirements.

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 Concorde Career College-Kansas City. Open a category to see each one.

Entrance exams

2

Health and background checks

2

Application basics

3

Paths

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

Acceptees

Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.