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University of Massachusetts-Boston · Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Nursing BS (Traditional)

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

On-campus Bachelor of Science in Nursing with a 70-credit nursing core and prerequisite science, nutrition and chemistry courses, with clinical placements across Boston health care settings and NCLEX preparation.

Credential
Bachelor's degree in nursing
Delivery
On-campus
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Credits
Not verified
Campus
UMass Boston — Boston, MA

Entry background & licensure

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

Admissions requirements

Other requirement
Traditional Nursing accepts applications for Fall semester starts only
Source: umb.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Prerequisite courses
Current UMass Boston students: cumulative GPA of 3.0 on at least 12 graded UMass Boston credits and two 4-credit lab sciences with a B or higher
Source: umb.edu · verified October 6, 2026
ATI TEAS
RequiredTransfer applicants: TEAS scores required beginning Fall 2027
Source: umb.edu · verified October 6, 2026
SAT
OptionalFirst-year applicants: SAT-I or ACT optional
Source: umb.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: $14,905
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $36,581
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $590
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $19,366
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $37,800
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

  • Early action deadline: November 1; Regular Decision Deadline: June 15

    Fall · First-year applicants

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

  • April 1

    Fall · Specific applicants

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

  • November 1

    Spring · Specific applicants

    Source: umb.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
Training in Boston hospitals with preferential clinical placements
Source: umb.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 & Health Sciences, Boston, MA

    Initial: April 20, 2002 · Most recent: March 8, 2021 · Term expires: December 31, 2031 · Next review: Spring 2031

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

Sources

  1. CCNE-Accredited Programs directory (MA) — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. umb.edu/academics/program-finder/nursing-bs/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. umb.edu/nursing-health-sciences/application-requirements/ — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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