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Overview

Tuition $47,000
Licensure pass rate (2025) 86%
Duration 20 months
Accreditor ACEN
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's College-Department of Nursing asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam None required
Application fee Free
Apply through School application
Transfer application Required

What you'll need

  • Transcripts
  • Prerequisite courses

Upper-division four-semester (20 month) hybrid program starting fall or spring; 120 credits = 56 general education transfer credits plus 64 nursing credits; required gen ed includes A&P I and II with lab, Composition I and II, lifespan development and microbiology with lab, all at C or higher. No application fee; online application plus government ID upload and official transcripts; application valid for one admission cycle. Estimated nursing tuition $47,000.

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's College-Department of Nursing. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

12

Application basics

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Paths

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