RN-BSN

RN to BSN

Offered by Walden University Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overview

Tuition $10,823

Accreditor CCNE

Duration 12–24 months

A completion program for licensed registered nurses with an ADN, ASN or nursing diploma who want a bachelor's in nursing. Most courses are online and build on the RN license you already hold.

Career outlook

Employers hire BSN-prepared RNs for roles requiring expanded leadership, community-health, and evidence-based-practice competencies, and many hospitals require the BSN for advancement.

Getting in

What Walden University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam None required

Application fee Free

Apply through School application

What you'll need

Transcripts

Walden offers only an online RN to BSN completion program, no pre-licensure BSN. Requires an active unencumbered US RN license, an ADN or nursing diploma from an accredited institution and a completed Anatomy and Physiology course; no application fee and no essay; early conditional admission for final-term ADN students. Rolling starts (next stated October 12, 2026), as few as nine months, tuition from $14,065 with scholarship, up to 135 transfer credits.

Prerequisite courses

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 Walden University. Open a category to see each one.