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 Seattle University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Direct admission to the BSN as a first-year applicant; nursing requires a 3.85-4.0 unweighted GPA, one unit each of lab chemistry and lab biology and four years of math (B or higher preferred). Nursing has a binding Early Decision deadline of November 1; Early Action is also November 1 and Regular Decision January 15. Two recommendation letters plus a counselor school report; students cannot switch into Nursing after admission to another major.
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 Seattle University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
10
Application basics
3
Experience
1
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.
Jasmine Ortega
Accepted BSN student at Seattle University · WA
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Rebecca
SU BSN 2027 · digital diary of nursing school
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Alexis
Seattle U BSN grad · WA nurse life
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Hana Butler
Seattle U BSN grad · sharing life after nursing school
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