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Save Up to $1,000 per Semester Online
Declare a fully online major and you can get up to $1000 per semester in scholarships that are not need based.
Career-Relevant Education
海角社区 courses are designed with your career in mind and we offer internship and job placement assistance unique to your situation.
Why Earn Your RN to BSN Online at 海角社区?
The Online RN to BSN, also called BRNCO at 海角社区, is a Bachelor of Science in Nursing completion program for licensed registered nurses and eligible dual-enrollment ADN students. It is built for nurses who want to keep working while they complete a BSN and strengthen the skills that support patient care, leadership, community health, and evidence-based practice.
You bring your RN preparation and experience. 海角社区 helps you build on that foundation with online coursework focused on advanced nursing practice, health assessment, research, ethics, informatics, leadership, and population health. You can apply what you learn to the work you are already doing, while preparing for nursing roles that may call for broader clinical judgment, stronger coordination, and a deeper understanding of health systems.
Faculty Who Bring Nursing Practice Into Your Online Classes
Online RN to BSN students learn from 海角社区 Nursing faculty who are connected to the field through clinical practice, research, leadership, ethics, community health, and professional nursing education. You are learning online, but you are still learning from faculty rooted in 海角社区’s Department of Nursing.
Katrina Little, Ph.D., R.N., is one example. She teaches obstetrics and population and community health nursing, drawing on 21 years as a registered nurse, including 14 years in inpatient obstetrics across Texas, California, and Colorado. At 海角社区, she launched the international clinical pathway with Manna Mission Hospital in Ghana, and she serves as Tri-Chair for the Raise Colorado Infant Maternal Mortality Policy Workgroup. Her teaching and research focus on health disparities in maternal-newborn care and on preparing nurses to work across the full range of communities they serve.
Who is The RN-BSN Program for?
The RN-BSN Program Is for People Who Are Already Nurses
This program is for licensed registered nurses and eligible students who are dual enrolled in an Associate Degree in Nursing program. If you already have your RN license, or you are completing an eligible ADN program and want to begin BSN coursework, the Online RN to BSN can help you keep moving toward your bachelor鈥檚 degree.
If you are not already an RN or enrolled in an eligible ADN program, this is not the right nursing path. The Online RN to BSN is a completion program. It does not prepare first-time nursing students for RN licensure.
Not an RN Yet? Start Here.
海角社区’s on-campus nursing programs offer several pathways to becoming a registered nurse, whether you’re starting from scratch, coming in with a prior degree, or transferring from another program. Once you have your RN license, the Online RN to BSN is ready when you are.
What You鈥檒l Learn in the Online RN to BSN Program
In the Online RN to BSN program, you build on the nursing knowledge and experience you already have. Coursework helps you move from RN preparation into BSN-level practice, with a focus on leadership, evidence-based care, community and population health, ethics, informatics, and the systems that shape patient outcomes.
Advanced Nursing Practice
Strengthen your professional nursing judgment as you study health assessment, role transition, clinical reasoning, and the responsibilities of baccalaureate-prepared nurses.
Evidence-Based Practice and Research
Learn how to use nursing research, data, and evidence-based practice to ask better questions, evaluate care decisions, and support quality improvement.
Community and Population Health
Study health beyond the bedside, including the needs of families, communities, and populations. Coursework helps you connect individual patient care to broader public health and health equity concerns.
Leadership, Ethics, and Professional Practice
Build skills for communication, coordination, ethical decision-making, and leadership in nursing teams and health care settings.
Informatics and Health Systems
Explore how technology, documentation, information systems, and health care structures affect nursing practice, patient care, and team communication.
Applying BSN-Level Learning at Work
Because this program is built for licensed RNs and eligible dual-enrollment ADN students, your coursework connects back to real nursing practice. You can apply what you are learning to the patients, teams, policies, and systems you already work with.
How Can a BSN Change Your Career?
Career Paths With an RN to BSN
The Online RN to BSN is designed for nurses who are already licensed and want to build on their RN preparation. A BSN can help you prepare for roles that ask nurses to coordinate care, support teams, understand health systems, use evidence in practice, and contribute to patient and community outcomes.
Depending on your experience, workplace, and goals, an RN to BSN can support movement toward nursing responsibilities such as:
- Charge nurse or team lead
- Care coordinator
- Community health nurse
- Public health nurse
- Clinical nurse educator
- Quality improvement or patient safety support
- Case management
- Nursing leadership roles in hospitals, clinics, and health systems
Many nurses pursue a BSN because their work is already expanding beyond direct bedside care. The degree can help you strengthen the leadership, ethics, population health, informatics, and evidence-based practice skills that support broader nursing responsibilities.
Learn More 海角社区 the Online RN to BSN Degree Program
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You already know how to be a nurse. This program is opens doors for career advancement.
- Same faculty, same BSN, nursing specific support – You learn from the same Nursing faculty who teach on campus and earn the same CCNE accredited BSN approved by the Colorado State Board of Nursing. You also get the full set of online student services, tutoring, library, and tech support.
- Coursework that connects directly to your practice – Evidence based practice, informatics and quality, multicultural care, leadership, and population health are built around what you see on the floor, so you apply learning in your current role and setting.
- Community based practicum you can complete close to home – Two courses include project hours in population and community health plus a senior capstone. You can complete hours in your workplace or community, with no required travel to campus.
- An online format that fits nursing schedules – Plan around long shifts, overtime, and family life. Work with your nursing advisor to choose a lighter part time path or move faster when your schedule allows.
- Completion focused advising and Success Coaches – A dedicated Nursing advisor and an Online Student Success Coach help you apply your ADN or diploma and RN license, plan each term, and stay on track when work and life get hectic.
- Online does not mean alone – Learn with other RNs, swap real stories from different units, and stay connected to faculty and the 海角社区 community, even if you never set foot on campus.
What Does the Online RN to BSN Degree Program Cost and is There Financial Support?
Low in-state tuition, reduced tuition for many western states, a scholarship built only for online majors, and the freedom to take as many or as few classes as you want. 海角社区 is built to be the affordable online choice, whatever your pace.
Colorado Residents
With the Colorado Opportunity Fund (COF) applied
$326.25 / credit
2026–27 rate, COF applied
What a term costs, tuition & fees included
Part-time (6 credits)
$2,655.92
$2,655.92
Full-time (12 credits)
$4,987.22
$4,987.22
COF reduces per-credit cost for eligible Colorado residents. Most Colorado students qualify.
Outside Colorado (WUE / RIT)
Reduced nonresident tuition for eligible western states
$663.40 / credit
2026–27 WUE/RIT rate
What a term costs, tuition & fees included
Part-time (6 credits)
$4,678.82
$4,678.82
Full-time (12 credits)
$9,033.02
$9,033.02
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) and Roadrunner Interstate Tuition (RIT) lower nonresident cost for students in participating states.
Planning the whole degree? Most online bachelor’s programs are 120 credits. Transfer credits count toward that, so you may have less to pay for than you think.
Up to $1,000
per semester
per semester
Scholarship for fully online majors. Declare a fully online major and you may qualify for up to $1,000 each fall and spring. No separate application required.
Learn about the online scholarship and other financial aid options
Veterans & military: 海角社区 is approved for VA education benefits. Veteran & military student services.
For exact, current figures, see the Undergraduate Tuition & Fees schedule.
Figures shown are 2026–27 rates and are for planning only. All rates are subject to change.
Apply Now to Turn Your RN Into a BSN
The nursing program uses a two-step application process.
Step 1
Apply to the university as an online pre-nursing major. Students that already have an RN license will still apply as a pre-nursing major. Most applicants are admitted, and you will usually receive your admission decision within a few days.
Step 2
After you have been accepted to 海角社区, apply to the nursing program using your new 海角社区 credentials.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, our Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Completion Option (BRNCO) is offered fully online. It鈥檚 accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and approved by the Colorado State Board of Nursing, giving you the same expert faculty and academic quality as our on鈥慶ampus tracks. And when you declare the major fully online, you may automatically qualify for up to $1,000 per semester in dedicated online鈥憇tudent scholarships.
This program is built for flexibility and can be finished in as few as two semesters of nursing coursework once you鈥檝e earned your ADN and RN licensure. For nurses juggling heavy hospital shifts, the path can easily be stretched over up to six semesters. And your nursing advisor and online success coach will help you create a manageable schedule that fits smoothly around your life on the floor.
We鈥檙e very transfer鈥慺riendly, accepting up to 80 credits from accredited community colleges. Your ADN nursing courses come in as a 20鈥慶redit block, plus you automatically earn 10 more upper鈥慸ivision credits for holding an active RN license. Our transfer advisors help you maximize every hour so you only take the advanced classes you need.
Earning your BSN expands your clinical impact and opens the door to advanced leadership and specialty roles. You鈥檒l be prepared for competitive positions like nurse manager, clinical nurse leader, public health nurse, or case manager. It also meets Magnet鈥憄referred standards and gives you the foundation to pursue graduate nursing degrees like an MSN or DNP.
The Dual Enrollment pathway lets you start BSN鈥憀evel classes at 海角社区 while you鈥檙e still completing your ADN at a participating community college. That means you don鈥檛 have to wait to finish your two鈥憏ear program before making real progress on your bachelor鈥檚 degree. It鈥檚 a fast鈥憈rack option that helps you earn your BSN just a couple of semesters after completing your associate degree and passing the NCLEX.
Your coursework is fully online and asynchronous, so there are no required live login times or campus visits. To support strong professional preparation, two courses include a total of 90 project鈥慴ased experiential hours focused on population health, community health, and your senior capstone. And you can complete all of those project hours right in your own local community, making your practicum both convenient and meaningful.