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 Samford University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
Freshman applicants need a 3.0 GPA with four units of English, two of math, and two lab sciences at C or better, plus ACT 21 composite with 22 reading or SAT 1060 with 570 reading (scores no older than 5 years); applicants submit the Samford application and a separate nursing application. Freshman deadlines: Early Action November 1, scholarship December 1, regular May 1; transfer (24+ credits, 3.0 GPA) deadlines July 1 for fall and December 15 for spring. Second degree BSN (2.75 GPA, 2.3 science GPA) has a June 1 deadline for fall only; 100% first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate in 2024.
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 Samford University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
10
Entrance exams
3
Application basics
3
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.
