Bachelor of Science in Nursing Dual/Joint with Borough of Manhattan Community College

Format: Online

HEGIS Code: 1203.10

Application Deadlines
  • Spring 2025 Priority Deadline: November 4, 2024
  • Spring 2025 Regular Deadline: December 2, 2024

Application Deadlines

The application process for the BMCC-SPS Dual/Joint Program is initiated at the Nursing Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College. For more information, contact Judy Eng at jeng@bmcc.cuny.edu, or visit BMCC's website at https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/.


This dual/joint degree program in nursing with Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) and the CUNY SPS enables qualified students enrolled in the BMCC AAS in Nursing program to seamlessly transition to the BS in Nursing at CUNY SPS. Students in this dual/joint program are guided in the selection of courses by an advisor in order to efficiently progress through the general education and nursing program requirements.

Career and Academic Prospects

The BS in Nursing program prepares students to assume leadership positions in hospitals, community agencies, and long-term care facilities across the metropolitan area and beyond. Students gain the tools needed to meet the challenges of the evolving healthcare system, as well as the knowledge and experience required to move forward into graduate level studies and advanced practice nursing.

Completion Rates

CUNY SPS RN-BS benchmark for program completion rates:

75% of students will complete the RN- BS program within five years. Using CCNE guidelines for calculating these rates, the five-year completion rates are:

  • 2019-2024 = 94%
  • 2018-2023 = 96%
  • 2017-2022 = 96%

Job Placement Statistics

Undergraduate program outcome: 80% of RN-BS alumni will report employment as a RN within twelve months.

  • 2023 = 89%
  • 2022 = 92%
  • 2021 = 78%

Meet our Faculty

Estimated number of adjunct faculty teaching in the program: 40

Margaret Reilly
Professor, PhD, DNS, APRN, CNE
CUNY Graduate Center
Academic Director – Undergraduate & Graduate

Patricia Bartley-Daniele
Associate Professor, PhD, FNP-BC
Nursing Education - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Faculty Advisor MS in Nursing Education
Undergraduate & Graduate

Kenya Harris
Professor, EdD, Educational Administration, Leadership, and Technology
St. John’s University Nursing

Jan Oosting
Associate Professor, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Undergraduate

Anne Marie Leveille-Tulce
Assistant Professor, PhD, Nursing
CUNY Graduate Center
Undergraduate and Graduate

Kathleen Marsala-Cervasio
Associate Professor, PhD, EdD, ACNS-BC
EdD, Educational Leadership Northcentral University
PhD, Kensington University
Undergraduate and Graduate

Lilly Mathew
Associate Professor, PhD, Nursing
University of Arizona
Undergraduate and Graduate

Linda Paradiso
Associate Professor, DNP, Nurse Executive
Old Dominion University
Undergraduate and Graduate

Admissions Criteria

To be eligible for the CUNY SPS-BMCC Dual/Joint Program, applicants must:

  • Be enrolled at Borough of Manhattan Community College;
  • Achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.50, with a minimum grade of “C” or better in the pre-clinical sequence;
  • Have taken and attained a successful score on the admission exam taken at BMCC, e.g. Kaplan Admission Test (KAT);
  • Completed the required pre-clinical sequence at BMCC with the program required GPA;
  • Completed the nursing program required pre-admission test.

Click here to see a full list of the online nursing degrees offered at CUNY SPS.

Application Deadlines

  • Spring 2025 Priority Deadline: November 4, 2024
  • Spring 2025 Regular Deadline: December 2, 2024
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