University of Missouri-Columbia
Accelerated BSN · Columbia, MO · school's own site (opens the school's website in a new tab)
Prerequisites
The courses Mizzou says you need before you start, as published on its own pages. Credits, labs, and minimum grades are shown where the school states them.
Not published. Confirm with the school.
source · nursing.missouri.edu
“Coursework: Applicants must complete, or be in progress, with the required prerequisites and complete a Bachelor’s degree before starting the Accelerated BSN program.”
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Do prerequisites expire?
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GPA and grades
source · nursing.missouri.edu
“Grade Point Average: Applicants must obtain a minimum 3.0 GPA (without rounding).”
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Is there an entrance exam?
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Where can courses be taken?
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Application deadlines and start dates
Upcoming cycles Mizzou publishes. A date without a year on the school's page is noted rather than guessed.
source · nursing.missouri.edu
“To start clinical in the fall semester: December 31 at 8 a.m. to January 31 at 11:59 p.m.”
source · nursing.missouri.edu
“To start clinical in the spring semester: August 15 at 8 a.m. to September 15 at 11:59 p.m.”
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Cost
Tuition and fees as the school publishes them. Living costs vary; the source link has the full table.
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Other requirements
What the school asks for beyond courses and scores.
source · nursing.missouri.edu
“Students with a minimum GPA of 3.0 who have graduated, or plan to graduate, with a non-nursing bachelor’s degree before beginning the Accelerated courses.”
source · nursing.missouri.edu
“Resume: To be considered for admission, each applicant must submit a resume of the student’s work and volunteer experiences. Applicants are required to use the provided resume template.”
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Good to know
What the school says about the program that is not a requirement: how it selects, how many it admits, what to expect.
source · nursing.missouri.edu
“We admit up to 32 students in each of the fall and spring semesters.”
source · nursing.missouri.edu
“Admission to the Accelerated BSN is considered competitive due to space availability. We admit up to 32 students in each of the fall and spring semesters.”
source · nursing.missouri.edu
“The application materials are slightly different for students who have graduated from MU and students who have graduated from another university.”
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Sources
Every page we read for Mizzou, with when we last checked it. Tier 1 is the program's own pages; tier 2 the nursing school's general pages; tier 3 university-wide pages.
- Learn How to Apply to the MUSSON Accelerated BSN Programtier 1 · program page · checked Oct 15, 2026
- Learn About Options to Help Fund Your Mizzou Experiencetier 1 · how to apply · checked Oct 15, 2026
- Nursing Honors Programtier 1 · how to apply · checked Oct 15, 2026
- Get Your Hands on a Student Handbooktier 3 · catalog · checked Oct 15, 2026
- https://catalog.missouri.edu/schoolofnursing/nursing/bsn-nursing/bsn-nursing.pdftier 1 · pdf · checked Oct 15, 2026
- The Accelerated BSN prerequisite list is not on the provided pages. The catalog lists only Traditional BSN pre-nursing courses and points to https://nursing.missouri.edu/academic-programs/accelerated-bsn/ for accelerated prerequisites.
- Program length in months, format and campus are not stated.
- The application portal and whether NursingCAS is used are not stated.
- The page does not say whether the 3.0 GPA is cumulative, prerequisite or another GPA.
- Tuition, application fee and entrance exam are not stated.
- The accelerated BSN prerequisite list is not on the provided pages. The catalog lists pre-nursing courses only for the Traditional BSN and refers to https://nursing.missouri.edu/academic-programs/accelerated-bsn/ for accelerated prerequisites.
- Program length, format, tuition and application route/portal (NursingCAS or otherwise) are not stated.
- It is unclear whether the 3.0 GPA is cumulative or prerequisite GPA.
- Two readings of the page disagreed on interview: Interview is part of the admissions review | Interview is part of the admission criteria.
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