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BSN

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Offered by Simpson University Redding, California

Overview

Tuition $38,522
Licensure pass rate (2025) 95.3%
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 Simpson University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Minimum GPA 2.5
Recommendation letters 2

What you'll need

  • Personal statement
  • Transcripts
  • Prerequisite courses

Nursing major admission is weighted: personal statement 15%, cumulative and prerequisite GPA 55%, TEAS 15%, two recommendation forms 4%, priority points 11%. Minimum ATI TEAS adjusted individual total score of 70 (Simpson is a TEAS test site); 3.2 unweighted high school GPA for first time freshman nursing majors and 2.5 cumulative college GPA for transfers; admission is conditional until in progress prerequisites finish with a C or higher. Nursing application deadline October 1 with decisions by October 19. Details taken from the search index of this page because simpsonu.edu returned 403 to direct fetches.

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 Simpson University. Open a category to see each one.

Entrance exams

1

Application basics

4

Paths

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