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Overview

Tuition $3,571
Licensure pass rate (2023) 96%
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 University of North Carolina at Pembroke asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Minimum GPA 2.5
Apply through School application
Seats per cohort 50

What you'll need

  • Prerequisite courses

Overall GPA 2.5 and 2.5 in the listed math and science courses; 62 credit hours (46 general education plus 16 nursing prerequisite hours) with C minimum; TEAS Proficient or higher submitted directly from ATI. Last cycle: supplemental application opened December 31, 2025, closed February 22, 2026 (extended for weather), decisions March 22, 2026 for a fall 2026 start; 2027 dates not yet posted. Approximately 50 students admitted each fall; 96% first-time NCLEX pass rate in 2023.

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 North Carolina at Pembroke. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

12

Entrance exams

1

Application basics

1

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.