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 South University-Tampa asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Immunizations
- Drug screen
- Health insurance
Two-step admission: general entry to South University, then application to the professional phase after 90 quarter hours of prerequisites with C or better, a 2.75 GPA in nursing prerequisites and a 2.75 GPA in the core sciences (A&P I/II, microbiology, chemistry, pathophysiology; sciences no older than 7 years), ATI TEAS at Proficient level (within 14 months), Level I and II background checks, and official transcripts. After acceptance: physical with immunizations/titers/TB, urine drug screen, proof of health insurance. One or two cohorts per year; applications due by the posted campus deadline, usually the first day of the quarter before the start; 180 quarter credits (prereqs about 6 quarters, professional phase 7 quarters).
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 South University-Tampa. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
6
Entrance exams
1
Health and background checks
4
Application basics
1
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
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CNA Exam Prep to RN
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Georgia CNA to RN
University BSN pathway
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- Timeline
- 4 years