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University of San Francisco nursing program: how to get in

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN): requirements, deadlines, NCLEX pass rates and data

San Francisco, CA · Private · BRN-approved · CCNE-accredited · Campuses: Sacramento, San Francisco

University of San Francisco BSN in San Francisco: selection method: holistic review; 255 BRN-approved new students a year; listed cost $226,736 (Tuition + Books). From the school’s pages and the BRN; details and sources below.

  • Application windowNot published
  • Selection methodHolistic review
  • TEAS minimumNo TEAS · None required (TEAS not requi…
  • Approved seats per year (BRN)255
  • NCLEX pass rate, 2024–2589.5% (268 testers)
  • Listed cost, before aid$226,736
Compare BSN programsProgram website
NCLEX pass rate
89.5%2024–25
Blue: this program · dashed: California
’20–21’21–22’22–23’23–24’24–25100%80%
First-time testers
2682024–25
Graduates sitting the NCLEX for the first time
251’20–21252’21–22260’22–23250’23–24268’24–25
On-time completion
80%2023–24
Self-reported to the BRN
’19–20’20–21’21–22’22–23’23–24100%60%
Attrition
8%2023–24
Share of students who left the program
13.7%’19–2018%’20–216%’21–2210%’22–238%’23–24

How to get in

Application deadline
Spring: opens August 1 ('The application opens in August each year'), closes November 2 (transcripts due November 4)Fall: opens August 1 ('The application opens in August each year'), closes March 1 (transcripts due March 3)See it in the deadlines table
Selection method
Holistic reviewDirect-entry, highly selective holistic review; personal statement and nursing short answer weigh heavily; priority to first-bachelor's and recent community college students Details and source
TEAS minimum
Entrance exam, in the school’s words: None required (TEAS not required or reviewed)
Prerequisites
6 courses listed by the school See the list
Check yourself against these published rules
Prerequisites you have completed or will finish in time

    A checklist against the school’s published rules only: this is not a prediction of a decision. Section minimums, GPA, grade and recency rules, and anything else the school lists still apply; read the full requirements above.

    Admissions requirements

    Here is what University of San Francisco publishes about applying to its BSN program, taken from the school’s own website, catalog or application documents. Each row links to the page we used and shows the date we checked it. Requirements change from cycle to cycle, so confirm with the school before you apply.

    RequirementWhat the school publishesSource
    Entrance examNone required (TEAS not required or reviewed)SourceChecked
    Minimum overall scoreNot applicableno examSourceChecked
    Section minimumsNot applicableno examSourceChecked
    Minimum GPA, overall3.3 minimum cumulative college GPA (30+ semester units)SourceChecked
    Minimum GPA, prerequisites or scienceB or better in each listed prerequisiteSourceChecked
    Selection methodHolistic reviewDirect-entry, highly selective holistic review; personal statement and nursing short answer weigh heavily; priority to first-bachelor's and recent community college studentsSourceChecked
    Application opensAug 1SourceChecked
    Application closesMar 1 (fall); Nov 2 (spring)SourceChecked
    Program cost (school figure)Not published by the schoolSourceChecked
    Cohort startsFall and spring (transfer)SourceChecked
    Published applicant and admit countsFall transfer: 2026 424 applications/84 offers (19%), avg GPA 3.88; 2025 373/70 (19%), 3.84; 2024 356/61 (17%), 3.95; 2023 374/45 (12%), 3.86Term or year given by the school: 2026 to 2023SourceChecked

    How we label selection. SEAPHE sorts each school’s stated method into one of five groups: Lottery, Points (ranked), Points and lottery (hybrid), Holistic review or Eligibility-based. The school’s own wording appears under the label, with a link to the page we used. How California nursing schools choose students.

    Published applicant and admit counts: numbers the school itself publishes about its applicants and admissions, with the term or year the school gives; formats vary by school. No term given: the school published this figure without saying which cycle it covers. The BRN does not publish per-school applicant or admit counts.

    Prerequisite courses

    Course names are the school’s; the grey label is the category SEAPHE uses in the prerequisite planner.

    CourseRequirementsSource
    Microbiology with in-person labMicrobiology
    Units
    Not published by the school
    Lab
    Yes (in person)
    Minimum grade
    B or better; within past seven years
    Recency limit
    Within past 7 years
    When to complete
    Completed or in progress at application (admission conditional on completion)
    		SourceChecked
    Anatomy with in-person labAnatomy
    Units
    Not published by the school
    Lab
    Yes (in person)
    Minimum grade
    B or better; within past seven years
    Recency limit
    Within past 7 years
    When to complete
    Completed or in progress at application (admission conditional on completion)
    		SourceChecked
    Physiology with in-person labPhysiology
    Units
    Not published by the school
    Lab
    Yes (in person)
    Minimum grade
    B or better; within past seven years
    Recency limit
    Within past 7 years
    When to complete
    Completed or in progress at application (admission conditional on completion)
    		SourceChecked
    General or Introductory PsychologyPsychology
    Units
    Not published by the school
    Lab
    No
    Minimum grade
    B or better; within past seven years
    Recency limit
    Within past 7 years
    When to complete
    Completed or in progress at application (admission conditional on completion)
    		SourceChecked
    Sociology (preferred, not required)Sociology or anthropology
    Units
    Not published by the school
    Lab
    No
    Minimum grade
    Preference
    Recency limit
    Not published by the school
    When to complete
    Preference factor
    		SourceChecked
    Elementary or Introductory Statistics (preferred, not required)Statistics
    Units
    Not published by the school
    Lab
    No
    Minimum grade
    Preference
    Recency limit
    Not published by the school
    When to complete
    Preference factor
    		SourceChecked

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    SEAPHE collected these details from official school pages. “Not published by the school” means we couldn’t find the detail on the school’s public pages when we checked; we don’t estimate missing values. “Could not be retrieved from the school’s website” means the page was blocked or wouldn’t load. Spot an error? See our corrections policy.

    Admissions

    The BRN does not publish acceptance rates for individual schools. Across California’s BSN programs, 29.9% of 37,452 qualified applications were accepted in 2024–25.4 This program is approved for 255 new students a year.2 Ask the school for last cycle’s qualified applicants and seats.

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    Cost

    The BRN lists a cost of $226,736 before financial aid (Tuition + Books).2 That figure comes from the school’s report to the Board and may not include housing, transport or exam fees. Check the program’s current cost of attendance.

    Key facts

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    NCLEX pass rates

    In 2024–25, 89.5% of 268 first-time testers passed the NCLEX-RN, 0.7 points below the California average of 90.2%. Over five years, 88.6% of 1,281 testers passed.1

    Compare every program: California NCLEX pass rates by school.

    First-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, by reporting year

    University of San Francisco (BSN)California, all programs
    80%85%90%95%100%2020–212021–222022–232023–242024–2587.6%85.3%86.5%94.0%89.5%CaliforniaBSN program
    80%85%90%95%100%’20–21’21–22’22–23’23–24’24–2587.6%85.3%86.5%94.0%89.5%
    Data source: CA BRN NCLEX-RN pass-rate tables (listed as “University of San Francisco - BSN”); California average is a SEAPHE tester-weighted calculation.Download CSV
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    Year (Jul–Jun)TestersPass rateCaliforniavs. state
    2020–2125187.6%‡89.2%-1.6
    2021–2225285.3%85.9%-0.6
    2022–2326086.5%85.7%+0.8
    2023–2425094.0%94.0%+0.0
    2024–2526889.5%90.2%-0.7

    ‡ As published by the BRN. This rate can’t be produced by a whole number of passing testers out of the testers shown; we show the BRN’s figure unchanged.

    Completion and attrition

    In 2023–24, the program reported 80% on-time completion and 8% attrition to the BRN.3

    Year (Aug–Jul)On-time completionAttrition
    2019–2062.5%13.7%
    2020–2179.0%18.0%
    2021–2294.0%6.0%
    2022–2380.0%10.0%
    2023–2480.0%8.0%

    Self-reported by the program to UCSF for the BRN Annual School Survey.

    Accreditation and program facts

    State approvalCalifornia BRN
    InstitutionWSCUC
    Nursing programCCNE
    DegreeBSN
    StateCalifornia
    CitySan Francisco
    SectorPrivate
    AdmitsGeneric pre-licensure
    Phone(415) 422-6681
    WebsiteVisit

    State approval and program details from CA BRN, Approved Pre-Licensure RN Programs. Institutional and nursing program accreditation from CA BRN, Accreditation, Attrition and On Time Completion Rates. Retrieved Oct 7, 2026.

    What ACEN, CCNE and CNEA mean →

    Similar programs

    Open private BSN programs with 30+ first-time testers in 2024–25, by pass rate.

    ProgramTesters2024–255-year
    Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego5496.3%89.8%
    Simpson UniversityRedding4395.3%94.9%
    Stanbridge UniversityIrvine33295.2%96.0%2-yr avg
    Concordia University IrvineIrvine12395.1%96.5%
    Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, ConcordConcord9193.4%84.5%4-yr avg
    Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara3992.3%93.2%2-yr avg

    Sources

    1. California BRN, NCLEX-RN Pass Rates, First Time CA Educated Exam Testers, 2020–21 to 2024–25. Retrieved Oct 7, 2026.
    2. California BRN, Approved Pre-Licensure RN Programs (cost, enrollment, sector). Retrieved Oct 7, 2026.
    3. California BRN, Accreditation, Attrition and On Time Completion Rates. Retrieved Oct 7, 2026.
    4. California BRN, 2024–25 Annual School Report: Data Summary, Table 3, p. 3.

    SEAPHE Editorial Team. Data updated Oct 7, 2026. Spot an error? See our corrections policy.

    How to cite this data

    Last updated . Please cite SEAPHE and the original public source.

    Suggested citation: SEAPHE. (2026). University of San Francisco (BSN): NCLEX-RN pass rates and program data [Data set]. Compiled from California Board of Registered Nursing public records. https://seaphe.org/schools/university-of-san-francisco-bsn/ (updated Oct 7, 2026).

    Original source: California BRN, NCLEX-RN Pass Rates: First Time CA Educated Exam Testers; California BRN, Approved Pre-Licensure RN Programs.

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