Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Offered by The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee
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 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Traditional/transfer BSN applicants submit a NursingCAS application (opens late May, final deadline October 1, decisions October 2, program begins late January) with minimum 3.2 combined GPA, A&P plus microbiology or human development with C or higher by end of fall, and 44 VolCore hours. First-year students apply through UTK Undergraduate Admissions (opens Aug 1, early action Nov 1, regular Dec 15). Accelerated BSN: 3.0 GPA, final deadline Dec 1, 12 months. Cohort size 325 is first-year traditional BSN seats; BSN Scholars 102, Accelerated 72.
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 University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
16
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.
annaaa.turnerr
Registered Nurse
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ashby
ABSN grad turned RN · University of Tennessee
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annie
BSN grad from UT Knoxville · TN
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Bayli Sykes
Accepted to UT Knoxville ABSN · North Carolina
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