Here is a beginning of a list of progression GPAs for direct admit BSN programs.
Besides GPA, academic progression requirements typically include C or higher grades in all major courses, with any C- or lower grade needing to be repeated, with a second C- or lower grade in any major course resulting in dismissal from the program. There are typically also other requirements not in the academic area.
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Added some schools. Note that pre-nursing → nursing schools with guaranteed admission to nursing by GPA are included, since they are functionally equivalent to direct admit nursing with the same progression / weed-out GPA.
| School |
GPA |
Notes / Link |
| Arizona State University |
3.5 |
Traditional Prelicensure Clinical Nursing Program | Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation |
| Bloomsburg University |
2.5 |
https://www.bloomu.edu/documents/bsn-handbook |
| Bradley University |
2.5 |
https://www.bradley.edu/academic/departments/nur/assets/documents/policies/UndergraduateNursingAcademicProgressionWithdrawalDismissal.pdf |
| California State University Fullerton |
3.0 |
https://nursing.fullerton.edu/current/pdf/resources/Handbook_BSN.pdf |
| Case Western Reserve University |
2.0 |
Nursing, BSN < Case Western Reserve University |
| Clemson University |
2.5 |
https://www.clemson.edu/cbshs/departments/nursing/_documents/handbook-nursing-undergrad-rnbs-asd-current.pdf |
| Duquesne University |
2.3 |
https://www.duq.edu/documents/academics/colleges-and-schools/nursing/undergradhandbook-2022.pdf |
| East Stroudsburg University |
3.0 overall, 2.75 science, B- math |
https://www.eastern.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/bsn_student_handbook.pdf |
| Endicott College |
2.5 |
https://canvas.endicott.edu/courses/25868/files/4044802/download?verifier=vBiYbyGrvpfPQAdLfcVlCXSgjkrTXw9MrOX78tDl&download_frd=1 ; minimum C+ in each nursing course |
| Franciscan University (LA) |
3.2 |
https://franu.edu/academics/academic-programs/nursing/pre-licensure-nursing-bsn# |
| Florida Southern College |
3.0 |
Nursing - Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL |
| Illinois State University |
2.5 |
Nursing (BSN) - Traditional Major | Illinois State University |
| Illinois Wesleyan University |
2.0 |
https://www.iwu.edu/nursing-health-sciences/school-of-nursing-handbook-2023-24.pdf |
| Marquette University |
2.5, 2.0 first semester frosh |
Degree Progression Requirements | Marquette University |
| Marshall University |
2.3 |
Nursing, Pre-Licensure, B.S.N. < Marshall University |
| Marymount University |
2.5 |
Marymount - Nursing (B.S.N.) Four-Year Program Track |
| New York University |
2.0 |
Academic Policies | NYU Bulletins |
| PennWest University |
3.0 |
https://files.pennwest.edu/academics/bsn-handbook.pdf |
| Purdue University |
2.0 overall, 2.7 science core, 2.75 nursing |
https://hhs.purdue.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nur-undergraduate-handbook.pdf |
| Quinnipiac University |
3.0 overall and science, and B- in NUR 304 |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Quinnipiac University |
| Rutgers University |
2.0 with C+ in all nursing courses |
https://nursing.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/SON-Undergraduate-Academic-Progression.pdf |
| Saint Louis University |
2.5 |
https://www.slu.edu/nursing/about/current-students/pdfs/studenthandbooktbsn2223.pdf |
| Samford University |
2.3 in science before enrolling in nursing courses |
https://www.samford.edu/nursing/files/UndergraduateHandbook.pdf |
| San Diego State University |
B- in all prerequisite biology courses |
Program: Nursing, B.S. in Applied Arts and Sciences - San Diego State University - Acalog ACMS™ |
| Seattle University |
2.75 overall, 3.0 in major |
https://www.seattleu.edu/media/college-of-nursing/files/student-handbooks/23-24-Seattle-University-CON-Undergraduate-Student-Handbook_06.28.23-Revision.pdf |
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