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 Rockhurst University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
Freshman direct entry needs a 3.5 high school GPA with no test, or 3.3 with ACT 21, or 3.2 with ACT 22; apply via Common App or Rockhurst application and secure a seat with a $250 non-refundable deposit (first 96 students). Upper-division entry requires 60 credit hours including Human Anatomy, Chemistry, Microbiology and Human Physiology with labs taken within five years. Cohorts begin August and January with 96 seats each; tuition $22,995 per semester (12-18 credits) before aid. BSN delivered with Research College of Nursing.
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 Rockhurst University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
15
Entrance exams
1
Application basics
2
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
University BSN pathway
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
Pre-Nursing to RN
HBCU BSN pathway
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
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
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
