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 Sonoma State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Essay
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Minimum overall college GPA of 3.0; all eight prerequisites (integrated chemistry, anatomy, physiology and microbiology with labs, oral communication, English composition, critical thinking, statistics) at B or better with at most one science and one non science in progress in spring; TEAS minimum total score 78%; writing sample answering NursingCAS prompts. Three application fees (Cal State Apply, NursingCAS, School of Nursing). NursingCAS supplemental window September 1 to January 24, 9:00 pm PST; a CNA license is required before starting the program, not at application.
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 Sonoma State University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
8
Entrance exams
1
Certifications
1
Application basics
3
Experience
2
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