You’re quite welcome. Best wishes for a successful journey to becoming an RN. If you have any other questions or concerns, just post again.
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UT Austin Im pretty sure. Mine is at UNT(jazz) and they do not. Texas Tech has Nursing but unsure about DE. Haven’t looked much bc my daughter who wants Nursing also wants to stay in New England
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I believe that’s correct – UT Austin does have direct admit nursing but requires test scores, I’m pretty sure.
Maybe Concordia University Texas? According to their website, there are three admission tracks including:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Direct Entry
Incoming freshmen students who have been accepted to Concordia as Pre-Nursing majors will be evaluated to determine their eligibility for direct entry admission into the BSN program. If you are granted admission to the BSN Direct Entry program, your spot in the BSN program is secure as long as you meet the final requirements before beginning nursing courses. This includes successfully completing the Pre-Nursing Sequence.
I have no idea about cost or scholarships/grants.
Hopefully people looking in the south will be able to weigh in regarding other options in or near Texas.
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Hi, I am outside US and my daughter really love major related to health care. She is very hardworking and I am so afraid that my financial ability can not support her. In our country, nursing seem require not much qualification although she still keen on this major. Could you please help me to advise which major and which source should I use to find other major related to health care. I am a mom with no experience an my english is not good also. Thank you all for your kind help
You and your daughter may want to look at this website, which has a lot of information about various health careers.
Is your daughter planning to go to school in your country or in the US? Every country has its own system for educating and training health care workers. I’m only familiar with the US system, and the website I posted above is specific to the US.
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I am just a parent, so not an expert. But I have done some research re: nursing in the US because my daughter is interested.
In the US, there are a few ways to work as a nurse –
- BSN
A BSN (Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing) is a 4-year college degree. Typically, the first two years consist of pre-requisite science classes and general education requirements set by the University. The second two years consist of classes + clinical rotations (working with patients in hospitals or other clinical settings under the supervision of an instructor). A student must pass a test called the NCLEX at the end of the 4 years to become certified as a nurse.
There are two main types of BSN programs. A “direct admit” or “direct entry” BSN program means the student applies to the college as a nursing major and, if admitted, has a seat in the nursing program for all 4 years as long as they keep up their grades. A non-direct admit program (sometimes referred to as a 2+2) means the student starts in pre-nursing and, after completing pre-requisite classes, applies for a nursing seat. They are not guaranteed a spot in the nursing program.
- ADN
There is also an ADN (Associate’s Degree in Nursing). This is a 2-year program, typically offered through community colleges. A student must also pass the NCLEX to become a registered nurse. This would probably be the least expensive and fastest way to become a nurse. However, it is my understanding, there may not be as many opportunities for advancement with this degree??
- ABSN
Finally, there are accelerated BSN programs. These programs are for students who already have a college degree (bachelor’s degree) in another field – maybe biology or health sciences, but it could be anything. A student in an accelerated program can get their BSN as a second bachelor’s degree in around 18 months. Note: the student must have already taken the pre-requisite science courses before starting the ABSN program.
In this thread, most of the students/parents are or have high schoolers who are looking at direct-entry BSN programs.
Of course, there are many other jobs in healthcare (doctor, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech/language pathologist, technicians, pharmacist, etc.) Each one has a slightly different path and different requirements. Good luck!
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Would you know of any other colleges that are around that price range? I’m open to all states,just want to have more options to look into. 
I don’t know of any colleges with a cost of attendance under $10k including room and board. Did you use the student aid estimator to find out whether you would qualify for a Pell grant?
Yes,I did qualify:)
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You should then be able to look at schools whose cost of attendance is $10,000 plus the amounts of the Pell grant and the Direct Student loan, plus a few thousand for summer earnings and possible work-study. Your best bets for affordability are probably your instate public schools, but I don’t know much at all about Texas schools. Like most southern schools, I think most Texas colleges are not direct admit. You can join a Facebook group called Direct Admit Nursing Program Info for Applying to College. Maybe you will find some helpful information there.
@Mitchell05 You may want to run the net price calculator for York College of Pennsylvania. They offered my daughter one of the best financial aid packages when she applied several years ago.
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Thank you once again! I will check all those resources you listed!
Is UVA dirct admit?
Yes.
I posted in Fall 2025, but Im guessing Fall 2026 families might find this more helpful. There is a new program at The University of Kentucky called Public Health Nursing Scholars. It is a dual degree in Public Health and a BSN in nursing. If you get in, its a DA for their both their ABSN and BPH. You start in public health then junior year, move to nursing and finish everything in 4.5 yrs. Its a cohort of 25 students. My kid got in this year and its their 2nd year of the program, so its not widely known You first apply to UK for prenursing and then they send you the secondary application to apply for the nursing scholars. Just wanted to add it as a possible DA for families. We were really impressed with the program when we visited last week.
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Are you in-state or OOS for University of Kentucky?
Out of state
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New to the entire process- how do we find out which schools have specific nursing supplemental essays? is it only via the commonAPP when intending to apply ? I’m sure my D26 will get essay fatigue and some schools may fall off the list - was hoping we could find out without entering each school on her CommonAPP dashboard -
You can find some of that on the individual school websites (typically under the nursing admissions page). They probably won’t have the exact essay(s), but will at least let you know there if there is a supplemental application. But otherwise, yes, the common app will populate any additional essays once you check nursing major.
Edited to add: Also, if you are looking at specific schools, you can ask here.
Eastern Connecticut State University, the state’s public liberal arts college, is in its 2nd year of a new, direct entry nursing program. Pretty campus, located in a nice substantial town with the biggest hospital in the region located a few blocks from campus. My GS is a freshman in the program and is liking it very much.
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Probably a good idea to have her work on a “why nursing” essay that she can edit to work for different schools.
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