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 Georgia Highlands College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
- CPR certification
New traditional pre-licensure BSN launching Spring 2027 at the Cartersville site with a small limited cohort. Requires C or better in A&P I and II with labs, microbiology with lab, English Composition I and Quantitative Reasoning or Elementary Statistics; at least 42 hours completed; minimum ATI TEAS score of 70; proof of attendance at a mandatory BSN information session; government photo ID upload; an active CNA license adds 100 points. Application window is October 1 to November 16 at 11:59 pm each year; all prerequisites must be done by the summer before applying. Clinical credentialing (immunizations, TB test, AHA BLS card) plus background check and drug screen through Advantage Students after admission.
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 Georgia Highlands College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
6
Entrance exams
1
Certifications
1
Health and background checks
3
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.
