Fast-track your journey to a fulfilling nursing career with our accredited 20-month* Accelerated BSN program for non-nurses. With no course prerequisites required, our intensive program is designed for career changers and combines flexible online learning with immersive clinical training, transforming your existing non-nursing bachelor’s degree into a pathway to nursing practice. Contact an Admissions Advisor today to learn more about transitioning into nursing and how to get started.
Residents of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin are eligible to apply. Don’t wait—start today and graduate in just 20 months, ready to step into your new role as a registered nurse.
If you’re ready to make a career change to the field of nursing, our accelerated BSN program will prepare you for RN licensure and a fulfilling career in nursing faster than the traditional path. Transfer credits from your existing bachelor’s degree and earn your BSN degree in as few as 20 months.*
Our accelerated BSN has no prerequisites to enter. All course requisites are built into the curriculum, making it easier for you to start sooner. Learn more about our general Admissions Requirements.
Our blended learning format includes didactic coursework that is offered asynchronously online combined with optional live lectures and free one-on-one tutoring. Virtual labs, simulations, and case studies are woven throughout the curriculum to help you build invaluable critical thinking skills from the comfort of your own home.
At Joyce, you’ll be guided through immersive hands-on skills labs at our state-of-the-art nursing Simulation Center, combined with real-world clinical experience through local and optional international clinicals (upon availability), ensuring you have the knowledge and skills needed to confidently enter the nursing profession.
aBSN students will participate in hands-on skills immersions at Joyce’s campus in Draper, Utah. Travel typically takes place over the course of one week during the 3rd, 4th, and 5th semesters. Contact Admissions for more information on travel requirements.
Joyce’s reputation was built on its students’ ability to successfully pass the NCLEX-RN exam. Our rigorous and focused curriculum, hands-on skills development, immersive clinicals, and dedicated tutoring are designed to enhance your critical thinking and clinical judgment skills needed to qualify for RN Licensure.
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This program consists of 22-24 courses delivered over 5-6 semesters (dependent upon transfer credits), that provide the foundation of knowledge needed for nursing practice as well as courses that integrate holistic nursing care. Offered in a blended (combining hands-on and online) format, our curriculum, program delivery, and skilled faculty prepare graduates to pass the NCLEX-RN and enter the field as competent and confident registered nurses in as little as 20 months.
The accelerated BSN curriculum reflects the AACN essentials for professional nursing and consists of general education and core nursing courses that help students learn the foundations of nursing at a baccalaureate level. Students will integrate concepts of holistic nursing that support the whole patient, and come away with the clinical and critical thinking skills needed to be career-ready upon graduation.
Accelerated BSN students will put their knowledge to practice in our state-of-the-art Nursing Simulation Center, where they will utilize complex patient simulators to enhance their clinical judgment skills and to ensure the best client-centered decisions for safe care. Students will also complete clinical experiences that enrich course content and provide the opportunity to apply classroom knowledge in supervised real-world settings.
The Accelerated BSN total program cost is based on 85 program credit hours. Top earners in the field with a BSN degree made an average base salary of $95,000 per year1.
Our Accelerated BSN program makes it easy to start your new career. In addition to general requirements, admittance to the program requires a bachelor’s degree in any non-nursing field from an accredited institution.
Nursing school is one of the most challenging and rewarding endeavors you’ll undertake, but we are here to support you from day one through entry into practice. Your dedicated team of student success advisors, experienced faculty, and tutors are committed to your success, and are here to provide you with the personal attention you need to thrive in our rigorous academic environment.
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Through lecture-based coursework you’ll be guided through the foundations of nursing. Our hands-on skills training, simulations, and clinicals will help you apply that knowledge in real-world scenarios that will equip you with the skills needed to build a lasting nursing career.
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Joyce University is proud to have helped thousands of students graduate and launch successful careers as registered nurses. Our expert faculty is committed to ensuring that our students can enter the workforce with confidence, competence, and readiness to succeed on day one.
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The Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree program (BSN) and the Master of Science in Nursing Degree Program (MSN) at Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences are accredited by the:
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At Joyce University, the Accelerated BSN (aBSN) is a fast-track bachelor’s degree designed for career-changers with a prior non-nursing BA/BS degree. You’ll complete a pre-licensure, hybrid nursing program featuring online nursing coursework paired with on-campus labs, high-fidelity simulation, and direct-care clinical rotations, so you can become an RN faster without prior nursing experience.
Many students transfer up to 46 credits from their first degree to shorten the timeline of earning the BSN while engaging in rigorous, hands-on training rooted in foundational nursing curriculum.
Our second-degree, accelerated pathway is built for applicants who hold a non-nursing bachelor’s (BA/BS) with a minimum 2.75 GPA. Unlike many programs, Joyce’s hybrid aBSN has no prerequisite science courses required, all general education and nursing foundations are integrated into the curriculum, so qualified students can start sooner.
We’ll evaluate your prior credits (up to 46 transferable hours) and guide you through compliance steps (background check, health clearances) to keep your fast-track on schedule.
Because this accelerated, hybrid program relies on limited clinical placements, seats fill quickly. Joyce uses rolling admissions with no long waitlist, so the best move is to apply early, lock in your next start date, and secure and lab/clinical sections.
An Admissions Advisor will help you fast-track transcripts and documents so you don’t lose momentum.
Pre-licensure nursing can’t be 100% online because nursing education requires hands-on training through simulated clinicals and direct-care clinicals. Joyce delivers a hybrid aBSN: online coursework for flexibility plus on-site skills labs, high-fidelity simulation, and in-person clinical rotations. You’ll train in our state-of-the-art Simulation Center to build real-world confidence then take your learnings to the field through supervised direct-care clinicals – an ideal blend of online convenience and hands-on learning for an accelerated path to RN.
Most students finish in about 20 months with 85 program credits and approximately 517.5 clinical hours completed through both simulated and direct-care clinical experiences. This accelerated, year-round program includes online coursework, simulation intensives, and 8- to 12-hour clinical shifts, for a balanced, hybrid design that sharpens clinical judgment and prepares you to sit for the NCLEX-RN soon after graduation.
The Accelerated BSN total program cost is based on 60 program credit hours. To learn more about tuition and fees for the accelerated BSN program, please visit our financial aid page. Financial aid is available for qualifying students. Learn more about the Costs and Benefits to Consider with an Accelerated BSN Program.
Yes, Joyce’s BSN is programmatically accredited by CCNE and institutionally accredited by NWCCU. The Accelerated BSN program is purpose-built to prepare you for the NCLEX-RN. The accelerated, hybrid curriculum integrates online coursework, simulation experiences, and direct-care clinical rotations, plus structured NCLEX prep and free in-person or virtual coaching, so your no-prerequisite, fast-track bachelor’s leads to the licensure exam with confidence.
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*Applicants must transfer 46 qualifying credits earned from a previous bachelor’s degree, including BIO220 A&P I & II with Lab and Math300, to complete the program in 20 months.
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