Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire BSN-prepared RNs for roles requiring expanded leadership, community-health, and evidence-based-practice competencies, and many hospitals require the BSN for advancement.
Getting in
What McKendree University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
McKendree offers only an online RN to BSN completion program (no prelicensure BSN); requirements shown are for that program. Free online application; 8-week online courses, completable in as few as three semesters; $430 per credit hour for 2026-27 plus textbooks and about $190 for certified background check, drug screen and immunization verification. GPA minimum and deadlines are not stated on the page.
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 McKendree University. Open a category to see each one.
Certifications
2
Health and background checks
4
Application basics
1
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
