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South University-Savannah Online · College of Nursing & Public Health

RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN)

BSNRN-to-BSNFor licensed nurses (postlicensure)Private for-profit

Award: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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

Overview

Online completion program for registered nurses covering nursing research, assessment, community health and leadership, with a required clinical component arranged by the university.

Credential
Bachelor's degree in nursing
Pathway
RN-to-BSN
Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Delivery
Online coursework
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Credits
As few as 57 credit hours with approved transfer credit
Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Campus
Savannah, GA

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
RN with an associate degree or diploma
Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Postlicensure: for nurses who already hold a license
License requirement
Valid and unencumbered RN license in all states or territories where the student is licensed
Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Which states' residents may enroll has not been verified. An online program's campus state does not establish where students can live.

Admissions requirements

Prior degree
Associate degree in nursing, or nursing diploma plus a bachelors degree, from an accredited institution
Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 2Cumulative GPA of 2.00 or better on a 4.00 scale
Source: southuniversity.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.

  • $255 per credit

    All students

    Calculated$14,535 — 57 credits × $255 per credit; excludes other fees

    Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $15,732
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $15,732
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $720
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $16,056
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $16,056
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

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

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 hours
150 required clinical hours
Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Clinical placements
South University arranges clinical hours at a local healthcare facility
Source: southuniversity.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

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: southuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Accredited

Sources

  1. southuniversity.edu/online/degrees-programs/nursing/nursing-rn-to-bsn — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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