BJC Partnership

BJC employees with an earned associate's degree in nursing from a regionally accredited college, who have passed the NCLEX-RN exam and have obtained their RN license. 

• SLU will accept all college-level transfer courses (nursing and general education courses) taken at accredited community colleges and four-year institutions and for which grades of “C” or better were earned.
• SLU will award all students 38 credits for having passed the NCLEX-RN exam.
• All credits (up to 120) will count toward your SLU degree completion. 

• SLU Core: The number of SLU University Undergraduate Core (“general education”) courses needed will vary depending on your transfer credits. You’ll need to take at least six credits of SLU core courses.
• Nursing Core: There are eight nursing courses (totaling 24 credits) needed to complete the nursing major. Your nursing major courses can be completed in just two semesters if you attend full time.
• The flexible curriculum enables you to spread the coursework over several years to maximize tuition remission.
• At graduation, you’ll have completed a total of 120 credits – including your transfer credits, NCLEX credits, SLU core courses and SLU nursing core courses. 

• SLU tuition for the BJC partnership program is set at just $350 per credit hour. 
• The total cost of the program will vary by student, depending on your transfer credit(s). 
• You will purchase required books and materials directly yourself; rental textbooks are available. 

• The only part of the program that is not 100% online is the completion of a direct practice experience in the community project course, which can be completed where you live or work. 
• Direct practice experiences are an accreditation requirement of all post-licensure programs. This is scheduled around your BJC work to make completing your degree as convenient as possible. 

• Apply online - there is no application fee.
• Once you indicate your interest in the online RN-BSN program, you’ll be prompted to enter your place of employment for our BJC Cohort Program.
• Have all your official college transcripts sent directly (typically electronically) to SLU.