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Overview

Tuition $18,195
Licensure pass rate (2025) 83.73%
Duration 36 months
Accreditor CCNE
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 Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam HESI A2
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What you'll need

  • Background check
  • Health insurance
  • Immunizations
  • CPR certification

Any one of: HESI A2 60+, TEAS cumulative 55% with Reading 60%+, ACT 19+, or SAT 1000+. No college prerequisites for the 3-year BSN; physical/mental exam, proof of health insurance and background screening required, CPR and immunizations before clinicals. Three start dates per year (Spring 2027 begins January 4). 2025 NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate 83.73% per joyce.edu/about/student-outcomes.

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 Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences. Open a category to see each one.

Entrance exams

4

Certifications

1

Health and background checks

4

Application basics

2

Paths

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

Acceptees

Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.