The USCB BSN Application Window for the Spring 2026 Nursing Cohort is Now Open!
(Deadline for submission of all application materials is August 30, 2025)
All Nursing courses and labs will be held at the USCB Bluffton campus in Bluffton,
SC
Effective for Spring 2026, USCB has transitioned to an internal application that is free for applicants.
Welcome to the University of South Carolina Beaufort's Application to the Pre-Licensure BSN Program! We encourage you to have your required information prior to beginning this application, including unofficial transcripts from each college/university where pre-requisites have been completed and grades are recorded.
Uploads must be .pdf format. No other file types will be accepted. There are a number of software platforms that can convert a file to a .pdf for free.
You may start this application and save to return to it later. Verification of submission will generate email confirmation of receipt.
For any questions, please contact the Department of Nursing at nursing@uscb.edu.
Become a First Class Nurse at USCB
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing prepares competent and safe professional nurses to serve in local, regional and national settings, using concepts, care strategies, and techniques to deliver patient/client-centered nursing services as a member of the discipline and the interprofessional health care team.
Steps to your BSN degree
- Be accepted to USCB
- Declare Public Health: nursing focus as major
- Complete 3 semesters of Pre-Requisites
- Be accepted into the Pre-Licensure Nursing program at USCB
- Complete 5 semesters of required courses
- Nurse Pinning Ceremony
- Commencement and conference of your Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree
- Pass NCLEX exam (https://www.ncsbn.org/nclex.htm)
- Congratulations! You are now a highly-qualified Registered Nurse with a BSN from USCB
Programs of Study
- Program of Study for Pre-licensure BSN
- Program of Study for Second Degree Pre-licensure BSN
- Program of Study for Beaufort Honors Program BSN
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