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University of Illinois Chicago · College of Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Transfer Students (Traditional 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

Transfer students who have completed 57 credit hours of college-level coursework complete four full-time semesters of nursing coursework and clinical rotations.

Credential
Bachelor's degree in nursing
Delivery
Hybrid
Study intensity
Full-time
Duration
2 years (four full-time semesters, no summers)
Source: nursing.uic.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
Not verified
Campus
Chicago Campus — Chicago, IL; Springfield Campus — Springfield, IL; Urbana Campus — Urbana, 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
Licensure exam
Graduates are eligible to sit for the RN licensure exam
Source: nursing.uic.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Admissions requirements

Prerequisite courses
57 credit hours of college-level coursework completed before transfer, with BSN prerequisites complete by program start
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.

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

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

  • January 15

    Fall · Priority · Transfer applicants

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

  • April 1

    Fall · Final · Transfer 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 placements
Clinical rotations are coordinated by UIC Nursing staff
Source: nursing.uic.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) · 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/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  4. nursing.uic.edu/programs/bsn-all/bsn/clinical-experiences/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  5. nursing.uic.edu/programs/cost-financial-aid/ — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026

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