Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Prospective students: If you are interested in pursuing a nursing major at Biola, you'll first need to apply and be admitted to the nursing pathway major, B.S. in Healthcare Management. Contact your admissions counselor for questions.
Receiving a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Biola University prepares students entering the field of nursing science to pursue a meaningful nursing career. Mastery of major nursing skills and patient care technology will empower you to confidently model the care and compassion of Jesus to hurting people — sometimes during the most traumatic or trying moments of their lives. In Biola's nursing program, you'll learn to provide high quality nursing care through:
- rigorous coursework
- skills and simulation labs
- clinical experiences at area hospitals and health care agencies
In addition to its strong curriculum, expert faculty members and biblical integration, Biola’s undergraduate degree nursing program offers several key advantages:
- All students take part in diverse clinical nursing experiences with the cooperation of hospitals and agencies throughout both Los Angeles and Orange counties with a particular emphasis on serving underserved individuals.
- Biola offers opportunities for global health experiences in a variety of countries.
- Our baccalaureate degree program has a unique heritage, having grown out of Biola’s School of Missionary Medicine. In keeping with this strong heritage, students are taught to view nursing as a ministry wherever they choose to serve.
- Nursing graduates are eligible to take the examination required by the Board of Registered Nursing for licensure as a registered nurse. Upon graduation, application can be made for certification as a public health nurse.
- Biola’s state-of-the-art instrumentations and simulation lab at the Lim Center, with multiple advanced patient simulators, provides a chance to experience a variety of clinical realities from the intensive care unit to the delivery suite.
- Be mentored by expert faculty who integrate their Christian faith into their lives as researchers, teachers and ministers in local or global communities. Students have opportunities to be involved in directed research with faculty, participate in presentations at various conferences and co-author peer-reviewed journal articles. Learn more about our faculty and student research.
Rankings
Biola's nursing program was recently ranked 10th overall on Niche's list of "Best Colleges for Nursing in California," based on student reviews and data from the U.S. Department of Education. Biola is also among the top-performing Christian universities in U.S. News and World Report's ranking of BSN programs. Find out more about nursing scholarship opportunities at Biola University today.
Professional Licensure
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Career Outlook and Preparation
What can you do with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing?
As a highly skilled and technically competent nurse who is prepared in our BSN program to take the licensure exam, your bachelor’s degree from Biola will ready you to impact the world in areas such as hospital and home care, public health services, schools and missions. While some students seek out an Associate Degree in Nursing as an option to begin a professional career quicker, BSN programs not only develop more knowledge, but offer greater professional prestige, growth opportunities and career options. As a registered nurse (RN), rewarding career options include:
- Medical/surgical hospital staff nurse
- Travel RN
- Labor and delivery nurse
- Nursing case manager
- Beginning level nurse researcher
- Home health care or hospice nurse
- School nurse
- Missionary nurse
- With further education, you could become a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, nurse manager, nurse-midwife, or educator for nursing students.
Explore the Biola Office of Health Professions Advising (BOHPA), a distinctive of Biola, that provides experienced advice for navigating your healthcare journey, resources for taking qualifying exams like the GRE and MCAT, mock interviews, clinical shadowing experiences with health professionals, and strategic advice for applying to postgraduate programs.
6% job growth
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, job growth for registered nurses is projected to be faster than average between 2023 and 2033.
BLS projections are not specific to Biola University students or graduates.
Every day this program equips us, intellectually and spiritually, to be ready for any challenge we may face in the medical field and prepares us to do the handiwork of God in serving His people through the calling of a nurse.
... I learned that spiritual health is so vital in the business of caring for others. I can confidently say I have come out of Biola a stronger Christian, trusting God in everything I do.
Nursing, B.S. '16
Attending Biola as both a nursing and music performance student allowed me to glean from a host of professors and peers that have lived out their faith in a variety of professions. The personal and spiritual growth that I experienced from my time at Biola has empowered me to share Christ’s love with others regardless of whether I am giving medications to a patient in the ER, playing my viola in church or assisting in compiling the district reports of teenage pregnancy and newly acquired HIV infections in an African village.
Performance (Viola) '10, B.M. and Nursing, B.S. '10
