All students must be admitted to the university as a HPNU- Nursing Interest major for the nursing program. Admission to the university as a HPNU- Nursing Interest major does not guarantee admission to the nursing major. Students may apply for admission to one or more of the following BSN tracks.

Pre-RN licensure BSN (Traditional, Accelerated Traditional, LPN to BSN)
Post-RN licensure BSN (RN to BSN with or without Dual Enrollment)

General Education and Pre-Requisite Courses: Applicants must be in progress of their last semester or have completed all ETSU General Education courses (or equivalents from a regionally accredited transfer institution) including the established nursing pre-requisite classes.
Applicants with completed bachelor's degrees are exempt from taking General Education Requirements (by virtue of the completed degree) but must complete the four (4) pre-requisites or equivalents. General education requirements are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

At least three (3) of the four (4) pre-requisite classes must be completed prior to the application deadline. Applicants who are in the process of completing pre-requisites at the time of application may be provisionally admitted pending successful completion of all pre-requisite courses. Applicants must earn a C or better in all pre-requisite courses. Pre-requisites with a grade of C- or below may be repeated only once to earn a C or better. If repeated, the most recent letter grade will be used in the pre-requisite GPA calculation. Courses with grades of W (withdrawal), and WF (withdrawal fail) will be considered as unsuccessful attempts.

Anatomy and Physiology 1 with Lab (4 credits)
Anatomy and Physiology 2 with Lab (4 credits)
Introduction to Microbiology with Lab (4 credits)
Probability and Statistics (3 credits)

Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA): A minimum cumulative college level Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 as computed by East Tennessee State University (excluding developmental coursework) is required.

NOTE: Applicants who are admitted to ETSU as freshman with a high school GPA of 3.5 or above, ACT cumulative score of 29 or above, and maintain an ETSU overall GPA of 3.2 or higher, will be guaranteed admission to the nursing major. Students must complete the College of Nursing application process and meet all other established admissions criteria.

IELTS - Overall score 5.5.
TOEFL- IBT - Overall score 61