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 Florida Gulf Coast University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Traditional BSN requires an FGCU university application plus a BSN Supplemental Application in NursingCAS; TEAS is required and only first-attempt scores (Individual Performance Profile) are accepted; A&P I and II with labs must be completed before the supplemental deadline. Application windows: fall Dec 15 to Feb 1, spring April 25 to May 31 (summer window Sept 1 to Oct 14 is ABSN pathway only); the next traditional-pathway admission is Fall 2027. Fall admits finish in five consecutive semesters including summer.
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 Florida Gulf Coast University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
12
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
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.
