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 CUNY Hunter College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Personal statement
Generic BS: applicants must be matriculated Hunter students entering as sophomores; apply via NursingCAS ($50 first application, $35 each additional) between November 30 and February 1 for fall entry; all prerequisites (English Composition, Statistics, General Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Chemistry with lab, Organic Chemistry with lab, American History/Political Science) completed with a minimum B in science and math prerequisites and a 3.2 cumulative GPA; repeated prerequisite grades not considered; career goal statement under Personal Statement; NLN Nursing Entrance Exam (NEX) by February 28 with scores to Hunter by March 1. Accelerated Second-Degree (A2D) applicants also apply to Hunter as transfer students via CUNY by February 1 with additional prerequisites (A&P I and II, Nutrition, Genetics, Microbiology). NCLEX-RN first-time pass rates 2025: Generic BS 85.5%, A2D 100%, total baccalaureate 87.6% (2024: 97.2% / 100% / 97.6%).
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 CUNY Hunter College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
8
Entrance exams
1
Application basics
2
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
University BSN pathway
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- 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