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Overview

Tuition $55,834
Licensure pass rate (2024) 96.34%
Duration 48 months
Accreditor CCNE
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 The Catholic University of America asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam HESI A2
Minimum GPA 3.0 Admitted average 3.53
Application fee Free
Recommendation letters 1
Apply through Common App

What you'll need

  • Essay
  • Transcripts

Direct entry to the Conway School of Nursing as a freshman via Common App (no application fee); high school biology and chemistry required; test-blind for SAT/ACT. Early Action Nov 1, Regular Decision Jan 15; applications accepted Aug 1 to Feb 1. Progression requires cumulative GPA 3.0, combined science GPA 2.75 and HESI composite 75%. nursing.catholic.edu blocks fetching; details confirmed from the official catalog and catholic.edu admission pages.

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 The Catholic University of America. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

9

Entrance exams

1

Application basics

2

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.