Nursing FAQs

Students can reapply as many times as they want, there is no penalty. Kelsey Nelson, from Boise State Career Services, is available to meet with students that want to explore other health studies majors, and students can also meet with someone from AASC- they will advise on a broader spectrum. Advisors and students will create backup plans should students not get into the program. Below are a few alternative options for students who did not get admitted into the nursing program:

The program admits 80 students in the fall and 80 students in the spring.  The number of applicants averages 220 per admit cycle.

The School of Nursing mostly looks at admission GPA (Chem, Nutrition, two semesters of Anatomy, and Statistics): needs to be above a 3.0 in order to apply. Excessive repeats of these courses may also impact your acceptance. Applicant’s cumulative college GPA needs to be above 2.5.

The average completion rate is consistently above 90%, which is above the national average.

The program is five semesters with summers off, or about 2.5 years.

Please take a look at our Transfer Equivalency System (TES). This will help you decipher which classes will transfer into Boise State. If you need further clarification, please contact a pre-nursing advisor.

No, but students can use summers to work on minors or to study abroad. (25-33% of nursing majors work on minors, but not all finish them).

If you plan to start in the spring, then you should apply to Boise State in the previous fall. If you plan to start in the fall, then you should apply to Boise State in the previous spring. Once you have been admitted to Boise State, completed all of the pre-requisites, and are in courses that may be in progress upon applying, then you will apply to the program. Please see the program application deadlines.

Grades and the interview portion have the biggest impact on the application.

While having these credentials will not directly impact your application, the experience gained from these areas may be helpful when answering interview questions.

Pre-nursing students are advised through the College of Health Science Advising Office. Once admitted to the Nursing program you will be assigned a nursing program advisor. 

Possibly, it depends on the License Portability laws in that state.

No. This is a general degree that wants to get you licensed and employed.

Look at the packet of information you were given by your regional recruiter. Contact Josh Wilkins (joshwilkins@boisestate.edu).  Residency is driven by employment, domicile, and tax information. Here is general information on Idaho Residency.

FERPA does not permit the advisor from discussing a student’s information with anyone besides the student. We are not able to discuss grades in front of the student’s parents. What we can do is talk in hypotheticals and leave any and all real grades out of the conversation. Or we can get a form that waives the right.

We recommend finding an opportunity to talk with or observe other nurses to see if nursing is the right fit for you.

If you plan to start in the spring, then you should apply to Boise State in the previous fall. If you plan to start in the fall, then you should apply to Boise State in the previous spring. Once you have been admitted to Boise State, completed all of the pre-requisites, and are in courses that may be in progress upon applying, then you will apply to the program. Please see the program application deadlines.