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Overview

Tuition $30,832
Licensure pass rate (2026) 88.8%
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 John Brown University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Minimum GPA 2.8

What you'll need

  • Prerequisite courses

Selective upper division admission: at least 58 credit hours of general education, Core or nursing prerequisites with a 2.8 GPA, combined science GPA 2.5 or better, lower level NUR courses at C or better. Catalog text came via search index; direct page fetch returned blank and go.jbu.edu refused connection, so deadlines and exam were not confirmed.

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 John Brown University. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

24

Entrance exams

1

Application basics

4

Paths

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