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 Howard University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Personal statement
- Interview
Upper Division (Basic BSN) admission requires all prerequisites (taken within 5 years), minimum cumulative GPA 3.0 and minimum science GPA 3.0, TEAS-VI, personal statement essay, Casper assessment and an interview by invitation. Upper Division applications are accepted for Spring only (page lists a stale Feb 28, 2025 deadline); Lower Division pre-nursing admits Fall and Spring. Tracks: Basic, LPN to BSN, RN to BSN.
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 Howard University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
16
Entrance exams
2
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.
BrittBritt
Accepted toHoward University Nursing student at Howard University · DC · BSN in progress
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Melia
Accepted toHoward University Howard U alum · BSN grad · DC
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Morgan Brittany
Accepted toHoward University BSN grad from Howard University · DC
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Meka
Accepted toHoward University Howard BSN grad in the Bay Area
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