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RN to BSN (online)

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

A 120-credit online completion program in which licensed RNs receive up to 90 block transfer credits and take 30 upper-level nursing credits at WCU, including community and public health nursing, with pacing from 8 to 20 months.

Credential
Bachelor's degree in nursing
Pathway
RN-to-BSN
Source: westcoastuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Delivery
Online coursework
Study intensity
Full-time, Part-time
Duration
8 months (Accelerated Plus) to 20 months (Working Professional pace), assuming 90 transfer credits
Source: westcoastuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
120 credits, 30 of which are taken at WCU
Source: westcoastuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Campus
Online (distance education) — CA

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
RN with an associate degree or diploma
Source: westcoastuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Postlicensure: for nurses who already hold a license
License requirement
Active unencumbered RN license in any U.S. state or territory
Source: westcoastuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
License restrictions
Distance programs are delivered out of the California and Texas campuses and may not be available to residents in all states
Source: westcoastuniversity.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 or diploma in nursing with a 2.25 CGPA or better
Source: westcoastuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 2.25Minimum 2.25 CGPA
Source: westcoastuniversity.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.

  • $14,850 total program

    All students — Enrolling after April 1, 2024; Accelerated Plus pace · program

    Excludes: Technology fee and supply fees listed separately; general education courses not transferred in are not included

    Source: westcoastuniversity.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Other fees

Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $21,558
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $21,558
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $1,127
  • Average graduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $12,719
  • Average graduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $12,719
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.

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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.

No accreditor-directory record or state approval statement matched this program's level yet. That does not mean the program is unaccredited.

Sources

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

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