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Overview

Tuition $35,942
Licensure pass rate (2025) 93.33%
Duration 48 months
Accreditor ACEN
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 Saint Elizabeth University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Minimum GPA 2.7
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Background check
  • Prerequisite courses

High school seniors: minimum cumulative GPA 2.7, 3 units math (Algebra I and II) and 3 units science (Biology and Chemistry with labs) with C+ or higher. Transfers: minimum GPA 2.3, A&P I and II plus college chemistry, TEAS required (max 2 attempts in 12 months); one professor letter or video essay optional. Students apply to the competitive nursing major in spring of freshman year; NJ Board of Nursing criminal background check required.

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 Saint Elizabeth University. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

3

Entrance exams

1

Certifications

1

Application basics

2

Experience

1

Paths

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