Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Western Kentucky University

Overview

Tuition $11,436

Licensure pass rate (2025) 96.4%

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 Western Kentucky University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam HESI A2

Minimum GPA 3.0

Apply through School application

What you'll need

Prerequisite courses
Transcripts

HESI entrance exam required before applying (once per cycle, valid one year); overall GPA 3.0 for Fall 2024+ admits, or 80+ college hours with 3.0 in nursing prerequisites; prerequisites with C or better, A&P within 5 years (or 77%+ HESI). Deadlines February 1 (fall) and September 1 (spring); four-semester professional sequence; $575 program fee per semester.

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 Western Kentucky University. Open a category to see each one.

College courses

10

Entrance exams

1

Application basics

2

Paths

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

Pre-Nursing to RN

University BSN pathway

Pre-Nursing BSN

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

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Pre-Nursing to RN

HBCU BSN pathway

Pre-Nursing BSN

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

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CNA Exam Prep to RN

University BSN pathway

CNA Prep BSN

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

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Georgia CNA to RN

University BSN pathway

CNA BSN

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

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Acceptees

Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.

Hadley Adams

#Current student#Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Accepted toWestern Kentucky University

BSN student at WKU · nursing school in Kentucky

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