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 Goshen College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Essay
- Background check
- Transcripts
Students apply to the professional nursing program during the second semester of the freshman year and begin nursing courses in the fall of the sophomore year. Holistic admission: cumulative college GPA of 2.7 or higher, grades of C or above in supporting courses, references, and an essay; clinical placement also requires a completed health record and a background security check. Transfers from other nursing programs are reviewed individually. The program page cites a 95 percent NCLEX-RN pass rate without stating the year.
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 Goshen College. Open a category to see each one.
Health and background checks
2
Application basics
5
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.
- Prereqs
- 10
- 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.
- Prereqs
- 10
- 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.
- Prereqs
- 10
- 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.
- Prereqs
- 10
- Timeline
- 4 years
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
