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 University of Toledo asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Direct guaranteed admission for first-time freshmen with a 3.8 high school GPA (test optional) or 3.6 plus ACT 23/SAT 1130, maintaining a 3.5 UToledo GPA; priority deadline January 3. Traditional pathway needs a 3.0 high school GPA (or 2.75 plus ACT 19/SAT 990), transfers a 2.75 GPA with 12 graded hours; all need a 3.0 cumulative GPA and C or better in prerequisites to apply to the upper division, which admits twice a year (Feb 15 to May 15 for fall, Jun 1 to Sep 15 for spring) and runs four semesters. No nursing entrance exam listed, only ALEKS math/chemistry placement.
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 Toledo. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
13
Health and background checks
1
Application basics
1
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.
