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Application Instructions

Deadline for Fall 2024 Nursing Applications: November 1, 2023

Applications for Fall 2025 students will open August 1, 2024. To be considered for admission, submit the following items by November 1:

For official materials not submitted electronically, your high school counselor should mail materials to:

Office of Recruitment and Admission
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1602

Note: At this time, we are not accepting applications for transfer admission into the nursing program.

Admission Timeline

  • Nursing application deadline (non-binding): Nov. 1
  • Nursing admission notification: Nov. - Dec.
  • FAFSA available: by Dec. 31, 2023. See what's changing.
  • Nursing enrollment deadline: extended to May 15 due to FAFSA delays.

All applicants and matriculating students must meet essential abilities outlined in the Sinclair College nursing student handbook:

  1. Ability to manage the stress and rigor of the nursing profession.
  2. Respond and react immediately to verbal instructions/requests.
  3. Demonstrate effective oral communication.
  4. Perform close and distance visual activities involving objects, persons, and paperwork, as well as discriminate depth and color perception.
  5. Respond and react immediately to auditory signals from monitoring equipment.
  6. Perform auditory auscultation without impediment.
  7. Discriminate between sharp/dull and hot/cold when using hands.
  8. Work in a standing position.
  9. Frequent walking.
  10. Lift and transfer patients up to six inches (6") from a stooped position, then push or pull the weight up to three feet (3').
  11. Lift and transfer patients from a stooped to an upright position to accomplish bed-to-chair and chair-to-bed transfers.
  12. Physically apply up to ten pounds (10#) of pressure.

BSN students must receive a proficient rating or higher in each of the four areas of the Test for Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) by March 1 of their sophomore year at the University of Dayton to matriculate to Sinclair's nursing program.


Nursing applicants are automatically considered for merit scholarships using their admission application materials — no additional scholarship application is required. When students are enrolled in fewer than 12 credit hours at UD, students will receive a prorated amount of financial aid to offset their University of Dayton tuition charges.

Sinclair College tuition and fee information is available on Sinclair College's website.

The $500 per semester University of Dayton textbook scholarship may be used towards required course materials for UD coursework purchased through the University of Dayton Bookstore.


International applicants to the University of Dayton BSN program must meet BSN admission requirements in addition to passing scores from TOEFL. All TOEFL (IBT) scores must meet or exceed the following criteria:

  • Reading: 22
  • Writing: 23
  • Listening: 21
  • Speaking: 24
  • Composite: 90

Official TOEFL (IBT) score must be submitted directly to UD from ETS:

University of Dayton
Office of Recruitment and Admission
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1671


Nursing Admitted Student Day | Feb. 16

BSN students and their families are invited to connect with future Flyers, hear from the director of our nursing program, meet current students and visit Sinclair's nursing facilities. 

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Program Details

Through the BSN program, you will graduate with an associate degree in nursing from Sinclair Community College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Dayton — both in four years.

  • 98%

    Success rate for the class of 2022 within six months of graduation

  • 100%

    overall NCLEX pass rate for UD's second nursing cohort

  • 500

    clinical affiliations with the Sinclair Health Sciences division in the region

Benefits

  • While at the University of Dayton, you’ll receive a faith-based education in UD’s Catholic, Marianist tradition of teaching the whole person to learn, lead and serve the common good.
  • Because UD’s nursing program is housed in an undergraduate program with other health science degree programs, like exercise science, pre-physical therapy and dietetics, you’ll gain an interprofessional perspective that sets you apart as a knowledgeable, well-rounded healthcare practitioner.
  • UD’s and Sinclair’s faculty and staff, tutors and mentors will provide you with academic support.
  • You’ll have a UD academic adviser and Sinclair adviser who will support you and keep you on the path to graduation.
  • While completing your BSN, you’ll also receive personal support and guidance for transitioning to work.

More Benefits

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As part of the University of Dayton community, you’ll be on the path to an affordable degree with access to UD’s advising, 250+ clubs and organizations, residential community and athletic events — all four years.

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At UD, we’re cultivating a community where you can succeed and thrive — and in which all members take an active role in fostering well-being. Through our holistic approach to wellness, faculty and staff will help you practice self-care, build community and seek assistance and support when needed.

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Our holistic approach to student support means we’ll help you find the tools you need to succeed academically, build connections and community and prepare for life after graduation, as well as build a foundation for sustainable, lifelong, physical and mental well-being.

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  • 80%

    of students choose to stay on UD's close-knit campus or in the unique, porch-clad student neighborhood.

  • 250+

    student clubs and organizations to fit any interest, from health and wellness to service and social action.

  • 125,000

    square-foot RecPlex, a comprehensive recreation facility where students can climb the rock wall, join a group fitness class or swim a few laps.

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