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 Stockton University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
- Health insurance
- CPR certification
High school GPA 3.5 or higher desired; SAT or ACT required (minimum SAT 1190 combined with 570 math, or ACT 24); current Stockton students need 3.5 cumulative GPA; 2 letters from high school teachers or advisors. Page states a May 15, 2026 postmark deadline. On entry: 7-year background check and 10-panel drug screen (due August 15 for fall, December 15 for spring entry), full immunization titers, annual physical, health insurance and AHA BLS.
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 Stockton University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
13
Entrance exams
3
Health and background checks
2
Application basics
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
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
