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Overview

Tuition $41,642
Licensure pass rate (2025) 69.73%
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 Long Island University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam Required
Minimum GPA 3.0
Recommendation letters 2
Apply through School application
Transfer application Required

What you'll need

  • Transcripts
  • Prerequisite courses

LIU Post BS in Nursing. Incoming freshmen: 85 high school weighted average (3.0 GPA) and SAT 1050 (EBRW + Math) or ACT composite 20. Transfer and change-of-major students: 3.0 overall college GPA, 3.0 in all prerequisite coursework, C+ or better in required pre/co-requisites, and two letters of recommendation preferably from science professors. Apply via My LIU. Source URL is the School of Nursing page's program link redirect.

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 Long Island University. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

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Entrance exams

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Application basics

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Paths

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