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Ohio University-Main Campus · School of Nursing

Traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

BSNPrelicensure — leads to a first nursing license examPublic

Award: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Program facts last verified October 6, 2026. Each fact links to the official page it came from.

Overview

Students enter as Pre-BSN majors, complete a year of prerequisite support courses, and apply for selection to the BSN major in spring. The program combines classroom lectures, simulation, labs and clinical experiences in regional hospitals and agencies.

Credential
Bachelor's degree in nursing
Delivery
On-campus
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Four years
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
Not verified
Campus
Athens Campus — Athens, OH; Chillicothe Campus — OH; Eastern Campus — OH; Lancaster Campus — OH; Southern Campus — Ironton, OH; Zanesville Campus — OH

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
New to nursing (no prior degree needed)
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Prelicensure: prepares students who are not yet licensed for a first license exam
Licensure exam
Graduates are eligible to apply to take the NCLEX-RN
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Admissions requirements

Minimum GPA
Minimum 3Applicants with no previous college credit: high school graduation with a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale (Pre-BSN)
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 2.75External applicants with previous college credit: overall minimum college GPA of 2.75 (Pre-BSN)
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Prerequisite courses
Year One prerequisite support courses (chemistry, anatomy and physiology, writing, psychology, statistics and others) before selection into the BSN major; C or better in non-nursing support courses and at least 80% (B-) in NRSE courses
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Requirements not listed here are unknown to us — not “not required”.

Tuition & fees

Shown exactly as the school publishes it, with its fee basis. Per-credit, per-term, annual and total-program figures are never treated as comparable.

Program tuition: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $13,746
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $24,114
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $9,444
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $17,436
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

Start terms: Fall Source: ohio.edu · verified October 6, 2026

A date without a year printed next to it on the school's page is shown as “date not confirmed”. Passed dates are never rolled forward.

Clinical, simulation & campus requirements

Clinical placements
Clinical experiences occur in hospitals and clinical agencies in the region; students provide their own transportation to clinical sites
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 6, 2026

We never infer a placement guarantee from marketing wording; only arrangements the school states are shown.

Accreditation & approval

Program accreditation, state board approval and institutional accreditation are separate. Records below cover this program's degree level at this institution as the body lists it.

Nursing program accreditation

  • CCNE— Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

    Baccalaureate (BSN) · School of Nursing, Athens, OH

    Initial: September 29, 2001 · Most recent: April 7, 2021 · Term expires: December 31, 2031 · Next review: Spring 2031

    Source: directory.ccnecommunity.org · verified October 6, 2026
    Accredited

State board of nursing approval

  • BON— Ohio Board of Nursing

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: ohio.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Approved

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (OH) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. ohio.edu/chsp/nursing/bachelors-degree — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. ohio.edu/chsp/nursing/bachelors-degree/accreditations — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  4. ohio.edu/chsp/nursing/bachelors-degree/bsn-admissions — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  5. ohio.edu/chsp/nursing/bachelors-degree/program-overview — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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