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University of Illinois Chicago · College of Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Freshman Admission

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

Direct-from-high-school entry to the BSN at the Chicago campus, with a four-year course sequence.

Credential
Bachelor's degree in nursing
Delivery
Hybrid
Study intensity
Full-time
Duration
Four years
Source: nursing.uic.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
Not verified
Campus
Chicago Campus — Chicago, IL

Entry background & licensure

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

Admissions requirements

Minimum GPA
No minimum to apply; most successful candidates have an unweighted high school GPA of 3.5 or aboveRecommended
Source: nursing.uic.edu · verified October 6, 2026
ACT
OptionalMost successful candidates have a composite of 28
Source: nursing.uic.edu · verified October 6, 2026
SAT
OptionalMost successful candidates score 1310 or higher
Source: nursing.uic.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.

Scholarships & financial aid

  • UIC Aspire — $0 tuition and fees for eligible studentsFirst baccalaureate degree, new first-year or transfer student, U.S. citizen or eligible undocumented student or non-citizen, household income of $75,000 per year or lessSource: nursing.uic.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $12,656
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $28,345
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $3,160
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $14,108
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $25,481
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

  • November 1

    Fall · Early action · First-year applicants

    Source: nursing.uic.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Date not confirmed

  • February 3

    Fall · Regular decision · First-year applicants

    Source: nursing.uic.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Date not confirmed

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

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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) · College of Nursing, Chicago, IL

    Initial: September 25, 1999 · Most recent: February 20, 2019 · Term expires: December 31, 2029 · Next review: Spring 2029

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

State board of nursing approval

  • IDFPR— Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: nursing.uic.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Approved

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (IL) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. nursing.uic.edu/about/accreditation/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. nursing.uic.edu/programs/bsn-all/bsn-freshmen/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  4. nursing.uic.edu/programs/cost-financial-aid/ — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026

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