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 Indiana University-Indianapolis asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
Traditional BSN application (admissions.nursing.iu.edu) opens January 15 and closes April 15 for fall entry; priority course completion by end of spring semester; decisions sent June 1; nursing coursework begins in August. Direct admission for first-year students requires applying to the campus by November 1, declaring pre-nursing and a supplemental application. GPA, prerequisite list, exam and fee are not stated on the fetched pages.
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 Indiana University-Indianapolis. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
7
Certifications
1
Health and background checks
5
Application basics
2
Experience
1
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.
Clare Rader
Lifestyle + nursing student · BSN at IU · Jesus Saves
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kaylahh
Patient care tech now BSN student · Indiana University School of Nursing
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Sophia Johns
BSN student at Indiana University · loving the journey
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carson ⚡️
21 · IU nursing student · BSN in the making
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Aubrey Marks
IU nursing student · Indiana
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Danielle
23 · new grad BSN RN
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