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BSN

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Offered by University of St Francis Joliet, Illinois

Overview

Tuition $37,000
Licensure pass rate (2025) 87%
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 University of St Francis asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam None required
Minimum GPA 3.0

Nursing and Leach College pages list no BSN-specific admission criteria (GPA, exam, deadline) and the courseleaf catalog page is script-rendered and unreadable by fetch. Pages state a 94% first-time NCLEX pass rate in Q1 2026 and 100% in Q2 2026, and that test scores are waived for first-year applicants.

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 St Francis. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

16

Application basics

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Paths

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