Skip to content

Overview

Tuition $29,460
Licensure pass rate (2025) 86.2%
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 Waynesburg University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam None required
Minimum GPA 3.3
Apply through Common App

What you'll need

  • Transcripts

Apply with the online Freshman Application or the Common App; official high school transcript or GED; ACT/SAT optional for 2026/2027 entry. Applications are evaluated on a rolling basis, with November 1 of senior year recommended to compete for scholarships. No nursing-specific admission criteria are published on the program or admissions pages.

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 Waynesburg University. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

2

Entrance exams

1

Health and background checks

1

Application basics

4

Paths

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