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Overview

Tuition $39,666
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 St. John Fisher University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam Required
Minimum GPA 2.75
Application fee Free
Recommendation letters 1
Apply through Common App

What you'll need

  • Essay
  • Transcripts

Wegmans School of Nursing BS applicants use the Common Application (free), with official high school transcript, counselor/teacher recommendation and Common App essay or graded paper; test optional. Early Decision December 1; nursing program priority application deadline January 15 (also merit scholarship and FAFSA date); regular decision rolling with most applications by February 15.

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 St. John Fisher University. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

8

Entrance exams

1

Certifications

1

Health and background checks

1

Application basics

2

Paths

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