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Overview

Tuition $9,748
Licensure pass rate (2025) 83.11%
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 Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam HESI A2
Minimum GPA 2.65
Apply through NursingCAS

What you'll need

  • Background check
  • Drug screen
  • Immunizations

HESI A2CT with minimum reading 75, critical thinking 700 and composite 70; transitions to TEAS (minimum total 60, reading 77) beginning Fall 2027. Minimum GPA 2.65 on the last 60 hours and 2.65 science GPA. Application dates are published as an image chart and could not be read; admits each semester.

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 Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

9

Entrance exams

4

Health and background checks

3

Application basics

3

Paths

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

Acceptees

Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.