Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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 Purdue University-Main Campus asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Four-year direct-admit BSN entered as a high school senior through the Common App ($60 fee); nursing is a competitive limited major with a November 1 priority deadline and applications after that are accepted only if space allows (regular decision January 15, application opens August 1). 96% NCLEX pass rate stated without a year; 98.3% successful career outcome.

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 Purdue University-Main Campus. Open a category to see each one.

Paths

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

Pre-Nursing to RN

University BSN pathway

Pre-Nursing BSN

Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find university BSN programs that fit your goals, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.

Timeline

4 years

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Pre-Nursing to RN

HBCU BSN pathway

Pre-Nursing BSN

Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find BSN programs at historically Black colleges and universities, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.

Timeline

4 years

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CNA Exam Prep to RN

University BSN pathway

CNA Prep BSN

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

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Georgia CNA to RN

University BSN pathway

CNA BSN

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

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Acceptees

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

Clare

#Current student Accepted toPurdue University-Main Campus

Nursing student at Purdue · Indiana

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Lilian Maxine

#Current student Accepted toPurdue University-Main Campus

Nursing student at Purdue · boiler up from Indiana

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Corinne Bowers

#Current student Accepted toPurdue University-Main Campus

Purdue nursing student · ex-Labor and Delivery tech · Indiana

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Deelee

#Current student Accepted toPurdue University-Main Campus

Purdue nursing student · keeping it cute

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Paityn Zito

#Current student Accepted toPurdue University-Main Campus

22 · Purdue nursing student · daily life · running through school

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