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Overview

Tuition $25,000
Licensure pass rate (2024) 97%
Accreditor CCNE
Duration 4 years
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 Freed-Hardeman University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Minimum GPA 2.8

What you'll need

  • Prerequisite courses
  • Immunizations
  • Transcripts

Cumulative GPA 2.80 and science GPA 2.50 (BIO 211, 212, 215, 318) with C or better and no more than one science repeat; TEAS overall Proficient or higher plus science 52.1% or higher. Application process page lists all items (including immunizations and a physical within 6 months) due May 1, 2026 with selection letters about June 1; the program page also mentions April 1 for cohort consideration. Preference to currently enrolled FHU students in good standing.

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 Freed-Hardeman University. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

8

Entrance exams

1

Health and background checks

2

Application basics

3

Paths

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