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 Plaza College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Personal statement
- Resume
- Interview
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Upper-division pre-licensure BSN: direct entry requires a prior degree or 60+ college credits with all nursing prerequisites (A&P I and II, microbiology, chemistry, biochem/organic, statistics, social sciences, English) completed within 5 years at a 3.0 GPA with B or better in sciences; otherwise students enter the Allied Health Science A.S. first. HESI A2 minimum 80 overall and on each subtest plus Wonderlic SLE minimum 20, then personal statement, two recommendation letters, resume and committee interview; U.S. citizen or permanent resident required. Full time 4 semesters (about 16 months), part time 7 semesters (28 months); 2025 first-time NCLEX pass rate 97.1% (66 of 68).
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 Plaza College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
8
Entrance exams
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
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- Timeline
- 4 years
Pre-Nursing to RN
HBCU BSN pathway
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- 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