Admission Requirements

• Complete online application and submit $25 application fee online.
• Hold a current license to practice as a registered nurse. Provide your license number on application.
• Submit your official transcripts* from all schools that you have attended since high school, except Ohio University, and/or the evaluation of scores from all proficiency or professional tests you have taken. Transcripts should include verification that you are a graduate of a state board of nursing approved associate degree or diploma program in nursing.
• International students must submit both an official copy from the international institution as well as the evaluation.
• To progress through the program you must:
  • Earn a grade of 80% (B-) or better in each Nursing course (NRSE series). If you do not earn a grade of B-, you must retake the course before progressing to the next course in the sequence.
  • Arrange for clinical experiences, with your advisor, when required by a course to do so.

* Official transcripts are sealed transcripts sent from the sending institution.

Switching to the RN-to-BSN online program

Increasing numbers of students are enjoying the convenience of taking courses online. If you are a student in our current RN-to-BSN degree program and are planning to switch to the RN-to-BSN Academic Outreach Initiative program, please print and complete the Application for Update of Program(s) form (.pdf).

Submit form to:
eLearning OHIO
Ohio University
102 Haning Hall
Athens, OH 45701