RN to BSN Online, start dates year round?

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Ortho, Subacute, Homecare, LTC.

Anyone know of any online RN to BSNs online that have start dates year-round? I know Chamberlain does, but they seem a bit pricey. Any other suggestions of schools to check out? Thanks!

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Specializes in Nurse Scientist-Research.

University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). They run their classes in 5 week sessions and have very frequent start dates.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Ortho, Subacute, Homecare, LTC.

Thanks TiffyRN! Do you happen to know how long the program takes? Thanks for the info again!

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Ortho, Subacute, Homecare, LTC.

I just went on their website and it says 13 months. :whistling:

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Specializes in Nurse Scientist-Research.

I feel sure it depends on what you have already taken. One of the reasons I chose not to go with them is because (I think, it was a couple of years ago) they required chemistry and not all programs do. UTA is a popular choice among some of my coworkers. Others chose other programs as they are unhappy that UTA requires chemistry, a course called technical writing (which seems to have little relevance to nursing) and sometimes (don't know if it applies to out-of-State) students; Texas history.

They advertise a 13 month program for RN to BSN at around $9,000. I really am not their cheerleader, as I said, I chose to NOT go with them for BSN, but I have applied to their MSN program, greatly attracted to their reasonable costs and short class cycles.

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Specializes in Outpatient/Clinic, ClinDoc.

WGU has rolling starts and can be very affordable, depending on how much time you'd like to put in. It's 'all you can eat' - as many classes as you can fit in a term for one price (currently $3250). I managed to finish my BSN in less than one six month term, so that's all I paid, but most people finish within two.

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Specializes in Nurse Scientist-Research.

I've heard great things about WGU. It is kind of different in it's format but then online classes were new at one time also. WGU is definitely a consideration for those who are looking to complete a degree quickly.

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GCU.edu has multiple start dates each month

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Ortho, Subacute, Homecare, LTC.

Awesome, I'm not sure I feel comfortable with the 3.0 thing at WGU. I know people have been accepted into higher degree programs post-WGU, but it makes me a bit worried. I did contact GCU awhile back before I finished my program. They seem pretty good. They just hounded me for weeks, calling me 3x a day. They're fairly inexpensive though according to their website. I think I may look into UTA a bit further.

Thanks all for the info! It's much appreciated!

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Thast the problem with a lot of the schools in my experience--they hounded me over and over, worse than cars salesmen! Sort of why I paid more attention to Grand Canyon University--they didn't bother me!!

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Specializes in ICU,ER, Radiology, Online education.

Ohio University. 5 week classes

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