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Overview

Tuition $14,652
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 Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam None required
Minimum GPA 3.0
Apply through NursingCAS

What you'll need

  • Essay
  • Interview
  • Immunizations
  • Transcripts
  • Prerequisite courses

Northwest University's online/extended education division lists no nursing programs; the only BSN is the Kirkland campus prelicensure program (Buntain School of Nursing), whose requirements are recorded here. NursingCAS, priority January 15 and final January 31 deadlines, 3.0 cumulative GPA, 2.7 minimum in each core prerequisite, essay and asynchronous interview; no recommendation letters accepted.

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 Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

19

Health and background checks

1

Application basics

1

Paths

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