Earn Your BSN in Just 15 Months

The Accelerated Option (AO) program is designed for students who already have a bachelor's degree or higher in a non-nursing field and wish to pursue a career in professional nursing. Our rapid-paced, high quality AO program is delivered over four semesters and begins in the spring each year. Small class sizes allow for more interaction between students and their professors throughout this rigorous course of study.

Our program is competitively priced to meet the needs of the second-degree seeking students. Tuition is $7000 per semester + $50 per credit/per semester nursing program resources fee. Additionally, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences is pleased to offer a wide variety of privately funded scholarships, in both spring and fall, which can help AO students offset out-of-pocket expenses.

Program Highlights:

• Small class sizes
• Tuition $7000/semester + $50 per credit/per semester nursing program resources fee
• Wide variety of privately funded scholarships available
• 20% discount for Barry University graduates
• Program completion in just 4 short semesters
• Classes start in the spring semester each year

When you graduate, you will have the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to engage as a beginning practitioner. You will graduate with the ability to:

• Assimilate knowledge, skills, and values from the arts and sciences to provide humanistic, safe, quality care as a nurse generalist.
• Utilize clinical reasoning to formulate decisions regarding safe, quality healthcare outcomes.
• Integrate evidence based practice to provide safe, compassionate, and holistic, patient/family centered nursing care in diverse settings.
• Communicate effectively with all members of the health care team, including patients and their support system(s) to improve patient care outcomes.

• Integrate health promotion, disease and injury prevention strategies in the care of individuals, families and communities.
• Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high quality nursing care.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices to support safe nursing practice.
• Evaluate the impact of political, legal, and ethical factors on the health of individuals, families and communities from a global perspective. Integrate professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct into nursing practice.
• Integrate professional standards of moral, ethical and legal conduct into nursing practice.

In the time it takes to watch a movie, you can apply to attend Barry University. From application to graduation, we support you every step of the way. Apply anytime, anywhere. Barry University accepts applications on a rolling basis. However, it is in your best interest to apply as soon as possible. Some majors require extra information for acceptance into specific programs. See what you need to apply, since general admission doesn't guarantee acceptance into all majors.

As part of Barry's diverse, close-knit community of 3,000 undergraduates, you’ll grow and build lifelong relationships. With a 15:1 student to faculty ratio, you'll thrive thanks to individualized instruction and professors who are experts in their fields. The best part? You’ll leave college with the skills you need to succeed and little debt; we work to make school affordable through merit-based scholarships and financial aid.

If you’re a full-time, degree-seeking undergraduate, you may qualify for our merit-based scholarships with awards up to $17,000, based on your cumulative GPA and standardized test scores. Scholarships are available for freshmen (including test optional), transfers, international, DACA, and Dreamer applicants. Using your admissions application, we automatically determine your eligibility.

More than 90% of our students receives some form of financial assistance. Apply to see if you qualify for a full array of federal and state financial aid programs. Just submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Complete it as soon as possible since funds may be limited. Barry's federal school code is 001466. Curious about qualifying? Take a look at our Net Price Calculator.

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The College of Health and Wellness maintains accreditation for its undergraduate (BSN), master's (MSN), post-graduate certificates (ARNP), and doctoral (DNP) nursing programs through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

The master's and DNP in Nurse Anesthesia programs are accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.