The Defiance College RN-to-BSN advantage:

Defiance College's accredited RN-to-BSN is a degree-completion program designed for actively-licensed nurses who have an associate degree or diploma from an accredited nursing school.

The 100% online RN-to-BSN completion program was developed to promote nursing education that is affordable, accessible, provides maximum transference of credits, and supports the RWJF and IOM benchmark that 80% of RNs will have their baccalaureate degree.

Colleges of Distinction Badge for Nursing 2021


ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  • Completed application for admission (if you were previously enrolled at Defiance College, complete the online re-enrollment application). 
  • Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.5 or higher
  • Official college transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
  • Student must hold valid nursing license prior to enrolling in NRS 476 Community NRS Clinical

    • *Online RN-BSN programs are not eligible for merit-based scholarships. Merit-based scholarships will be awarded to full-time undergraduate day students enrolling in twelve credits or more per academic semester


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ACCREDITATION

At Defiance College, the baccalaureate degree in nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001; phone: 202-887-6791.

The associate degree nursing programs at Northwest State Community Collegeand Rhodes State College are fully approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing and accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. (NLN contact: 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30326; phone: 404-975-5000; fax: 404-975-5020).


MEET THE FACULTY

Heidi DeSota, DNP, RN