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 Roosevelt University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Letter of interest
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Direct-entry freshmen: minimum 2.5 unweighted HS GPA, SAT 1200 or ACT 23, two letters of recommendation and a letter of intent; applications accepted until July 15 pending seats, cohort of about 30 per year, three-year program. Transfer and pre-nursing pathway applicants need GPA 2.75+ and HESI A2 of 78% or higher in each section plus listed prerequisites.
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 Roosevelt University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
8
Entrance exams
3
Application basics
4
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




