Accelerated BSN (Second Degree)

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 Medical University of South Carolina asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

MUSC offers only an Accelerated BSN (four semesters, about 16 months) plus RN to BSN; no traditional BSN. Applies via NursingCAS with $50 fee, three references (one academic), 100-word essay, resume; prerequisite GPA 3.0 minimum (3.8+ for priority) with 60 prerequisite credits and three of four sciences done at application; no entrance exam listed. Fall 2027 cohort: priority deadline January 31, 2027, final March 15, 2027; Spring 2027 cohort closed October 1, 2026. Out-of-state confirmation fee $1,000; 2026-27 tuition $7,811 in-state / $14,515 out-of-state per semester, estimated total $83,902 in-state / $110,718 out-of-state.

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 Medical University of South Carolina. Open a category to see each one.

Acceptees

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

dealayshiagadson2

#Current student Accepted toMedical University of South Carolina

Nursing student at MUSC · South Carolina

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Hannah Schepner

#Current student#Accelerated BSN Accepted toMedical University of South Carolina

Accelerated BSN at MUSC · SC

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melanie

#Current student#Accelerated BSN Accepted toMedical University of South Carolina

Accelerated BSN student at MUSC · Charleston · former nanny

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betsy

#Current student#Accelerated BSN Accepted toMedical University of South Carolina

Clemson alum · MUSC ABSN student

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