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Offerings

Small School
Urban Community
Private University

Programs

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RN to BSN

Application deadline Confirm with school

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Accelerated BSN (Second Degree)

Application deadline Confirm with school

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BSN

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Tuition: $50,934
Licensure pass rate (2025): 79.2%

Next start Fall, Spring

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Pre-Nursing to RN

University BSN pathway

Pre-Nursing BSN

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

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Pre-Nursing to RN

HBCU BSN pathway

Pre-Nursing BSN

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

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CNA Exam Prep to RN

University BSN pathway

CNA Prep BSN

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

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Student societies

Clubs and associations for nursing and pre-nursing students here.

Chapter

Samuel Merritt University Nursing Students Association (CNSA at SMU) CNSA constituent chapter (SMU listed on cnsa.org chapters page); pre-nursing not applicable, SMU is a health sciences university where all nursing admits are program students

@cnsa_smu

Statewide

California Nursing Students' Association (CNSA) Open to nursing students across California

@cnsaofficial

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