To enter the RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program, you must:
- have earned a high school diploma, GED, California High School Proficiency Examination certificate, or foreign secondary school equivalent. Students who do not currently meet this requirement can arrange to take the GED through their state GED administrator's office or search for the nearest GED testing center.
- have earned an associate's degree in nursing from a regionally or nationally accredited institution or diploma in nursing from a hospital school of nursing.
- have a valid, unrestricted, unencumbered RN license from the United States.
- have one year of full-time, post-high school work experience in the health care industry.
- have current employment as an RN or have access to a health care organizational environment that allows you to apply the concepts you learn in our courses if you are not employed.
- be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or hold an approved, valid visa if attending a campus located in the United States.
- complete all required forms for admission, and submit official test scores and official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended.
- pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), the Berlitz® Online English Proficiency Exam or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) if a non-native speaker of English.
As part of your admission, and depending upon your grades and/or scores, prior coursework from regionally accredited or nationally accredited degree-granting institutions, or the credit earned through a national testing program such as CLEP, DANTES or Advanced Placement may be evaluated and considered for academic credit. If you have had professional training or served in the military, you may be able to convert your training into academic credits.
