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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville · School of Nursing

Nursing - Traditional (BS)

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

Study begins with general education and foundational science courses and progresses to nursing courses in adult health, children and adolescents, women and childbearing families, mental health, community health and complex health needs, with clinical and laboratory experiences.

Credential
Bachelor's degree in nursing
Delivery
On-campus
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Credits
Not verified
Campus
SIUE Campus — Edwardsville, IL

Entry background & licensure

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

Admissions requirements

Minimum GPA
Automatic admission to the University and direct entry to the nursing major for first-time freshmen meeting one criterion, such as a cumulative 2.6 high school GPA
Source: siue.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 2.6Cumulative 2.6 high school GPA (4.0 scale), or 2.0 GPA with 990 SAT or 19 ACT, or top 10% of class
Source: siue.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Other requirement
A grade of C or better is required in all coursework
Source: siue.edu · verified October 6, 2026
ATI TEAS
Not required
Source: siue.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: $8,846
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $8,846
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $3,179
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $7,700
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $7,700
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 placements
Clinical placements in healthcare agencies in southern Illinois and the metropolitan St. Louis region
Source: siue.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, Edwardsville, IL

    Initial: April 12, 1999 · Most recent: April 11, 2018 · Term expires: December 31, 2028 · Next review: Spring 2028

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

Published outcomes

Exactly as published, with year and population. Results for one program or campus are never applied to another.
MeasureYearResultPopulation / scope
NCLEX-RN pass rateSIUE Campus202691%First-time test takers, undergraduate program
Source: siue.edu · verified October 6, 2026
NCLEX-RN pass rateSIUE Campus202590%First-time test takers, undergraduate program
Source: siue.edu · verified October 6, 2026
NCLEX-RN pass rateSIUE Campus202493%First-time test takers, undergraduate program
Source: siue.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (IL) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. siue.edu/academics/undergraduate/degrees-and-programs/nursing/traditional/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. siue.edu/academics/undergraduate/degrees-and-programs/nursing/traditional/admission-requir — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  4. siue.edu/academics/undergraduate/degrees-and-programs/nursing/traditional/board-pass-rates — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  5. siue.edu/nursing/academic-programs/undergraduate/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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