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 Lenoir-Rhyne University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
- CPR certification
Students enter as pre-nursing and apply to the major by March 1 of sophomore year for a fall junior-year start; admission is competitive. Requires ATI TEAS at or above Proficient (65) by March 1, cumulative GPA 2.9 and nursing-prerequisite GPA 2.9, Nurse Aide I registration, 60 semester hours of pre-nursing coursework, C- or better in the science and social-science prerequisites, no more than one repeated science, a health form, and background check, drug screen and immunizations in August before junior year. Page reports more than 98 percent NCLEX pass rate for the past two years (no single-year figure).
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 Lenoir-Rhyne University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
10
Entrance exams
1
Certifications
2
Health and background checks
3
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