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Overview

Tuition $42,550
Licensure pass rate (2025) 98%
Duration 48 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 University of New England asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam None required
Minimum GPA 3.2
Apply through Common App

What you'll need

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Direct-entry BSN with guaranteed clinical placement; minimum 3.2 high school GPA recalculated on science and math, with high school chemistry, biology and two years of math. SAT/ACT optional, no pre-admission test. Apply via Common App or UNE application; Early Action November 15, Regular February 15, then space-available. 4 years (8 semesters).

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 University of New England. Open a category to see each one.

Entrance exams

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Application basics

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Paths

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