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120 credit hours |  In-state tuition: $336.12/credit hour | Out-of-state tuition: $336.12/credit hour

• Convenient and 100% online for maximum flexibility
• Developed specifically for working nurses and offered by º£½ÇÉçÇø’s College of Nursing
• Highly competitive with no statistics requirement
• Ranked among the best online BSN programs in Texas and one of the most affordable in the country by EduMed
• Ranked in the top 20 most affordable RN to BSN programs by BestValueSchools.com
• Accredited by the Collegiate Commission on Nursing Education (CCNE)
• Fast-paced and can be completed in as few as 12 months; nursing program courses can be taken one at a time for convenience

NOTE: APPLICANTS MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE, UNENCUMBERED LICENSE TO PRACTICE AS A REGISTERED NURSE IN THE U.S. TO APPLY TO THE PROGRAM.

To verify if the program is authorized in your state, visit our State Authorization page and click on RN-BSN. 

For more information about the program, please visit our page on the College of Nursing website ().

PROGRAM ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

º£½ÇÉçÇø Edge

Our student success initiative, the º£½ÇÉçÇø Edge, develops upon students’ assets through a variety of high-impact experiences. These experiences are designed to improve student skills and give º£½ÇÉçÇø students a competitive advantage as they move forward in their lives and careers. Our goal as a campus is to provide these º£½ÇÉçÇø Edge experiences to all students, regardless of their area of study, so they will graduate with a competitive advantage over their peers. These are the Edge experiences RN-BSN students will have and the Edge skills they will graduate with:

Learn more about º£½ÇÉçÇø Edge

Courses

º£½ÇÉçÇø’s online RN to BSN degree program offers the highest quality curriculum that teaches evidence-based practice. The minimum requirements for completion of the RN to BSN online degree are a total of 30 hours at º£½ÇÉçÇø, which must include 21 hours of RN to BSN nursing courses and an additional 9 hours to meet minimum residency requirements for graduation. The 9 hours can be met by taking general education courses at º£½ÇÉçÇø. Some students may need additional general education courses to satisfy the University’s graduation requirements.

Advanced Standing Credit will be given for designated courses (TCR) upon successful completion of the first RN to BSN semester.

All students enrolled in the RN to BSN program must complete practice experiences in the final two courses. The Quality Improvement project is typically completed at the student’s place of employment.  The Community Education Project and Hospice Exploration are completed in the student’s own community as well, with no requirement for distance students to visit the El Paso campus.

General Education Courses

General Education courses are a set of courses the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board requires all students to pass in order to receive ANY bachelor’s degree from a public institution in Texas. For more information on general education courses, visit: .

These courses will be available online and may be required in order to graduate from the online º£½ÇÉçÇø RN-BSN program. If you have taken these courses in the past, they may be transferred into the º£½ÇÉçÇø RN-BSN program. Click here to see the core curriculum.

Upon submission of your official transcripts, an RN-BSN advisor will be in touch to discuss which general education courses you need in order to start the RN-BSN professional courses.