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Overview

Tuition $32,640
Licensure pass rate (2025) 86.6%
Accreditor CCNE
Duration 4 years
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 Mary-of-the-Woods College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Minimum GPA 2.5
Apply through School application
Seats per cohort 32

What you'll need

  • Prerequisite courses
  • Transcripts
  • Background check
  • Drug screen
  • Immunizations
  • CPR certification
  • Health insurance

Minimum 2.5 overall GPA, TEAS at proficient level (58% or higher) within two years of the deadline with at most two attempts per cycle, C or better in BI 231/232 Anatomy and Physiology and all cognates. Rolling admission until the 32-seat cohort fills; background check and 10-panel drug screen within 30 days, TB test, immunizations, CPR/BLS and personal health insurance required; $260 fee per clinical course (10 courses).

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 Mary-of-the-Woods College. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

2

Entrance exams

1

Certifications

1

Health and background checks

4

Application basics

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Paths

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