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RN to BSN in Kentucky: the general education credits you can finish online
By the team. Checked 15 Nov 2026.
The short answer
An RN to BSN in Kentucky builds on your associate degree or diploma with nursing courses plus general education. The University of Kentucky's online RN-BSN needs 120 credit hours, with 30 of the last 36 taken at UK, and its transfer center can review your transcript for UK Core general education. Ask for that review before you take any outside course.
How an RN-BSN is put together
An RN-BSN takes the credit from your nursing diploma or associate degree, adds upper-level nursing courses, and fills any gaps in general education and electives until you reach the degree total. General education is the part where outside credit is most often considered, because the nursing courses themselves are taken at the university.
The University of Kentucky RN-BSN in numbers
From UK's College of Nursing pages, checked 2026-11-15:
| Item | UK RN-BSN |
|---|---|
| Delivery | 100 percent online |
| Credit hours to graduate | 120 |
| Residency | 30 of the last 36 hours at UK |
| Clinical hours | 40, may be completed locally |
| Nursing courses | Eight required, two electives |
| Admission GPA | 2.0 cumulative for all college work |
Where general education credit fits
UK's nursing courses, such as Health Assessment, Evidence Based Practice and Population Health, are taken at UK. The rest of the 120 hours comes from your prior nursing study, UK Core general education and electives. If your associate degree left gaps in UK Core, those are the slots where transfer credit may help.
Because 30 of the last 36 hours must be at UK, plan any outside courses early in your degree, before you start the final stretch of UK nursing courses.
General education courses to ask about
Bring this list to the transfer review and ask which, if any, would fill a gap:
- Principles of Statistics (statistics or quantitative reasoning).
- English Composition I and II.
- Introduction to Psychology and Introduction to Sociology (social science).
- Principles of Philosophy or Ethics in the Social Sciences (humanities).
- US History I or Art History I (humanities or history).
How the credit reaches UK
UPI Study is not a college and is not accredited. Its courses carry ACE or NCCRS credit recommendations and reach a university only via a college transcript. TESU and UoPeople are partner colleges that consider ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended credit. ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
UK asks for an official transcript from every school you attended, even for one course, so a transcript from a partner college would be part of your application. Ask the transfer center in writing whether it counts courses from that transcript, and for which UK Core areas.
Cost comparison
On UPI Study PRO at $99 a month, every course is included; finishing four 3-credit general education courses in two to three months costs about $198-$297, before the transcript college's fee. KCTCS lists 2026-27 tuition at $198 per credit hour for Kentucky residents plus an $8 mandatory fee, or $2,472 for the same 12 credits. The saving only counts if UK agrees in writing to accept the credit.
What to ask in writing
Before you enrol
Ask your nursing programme's admissions office in writing which courses it will count, at what grade and from which college transcript, before you enrol.
UPI Study is not a college and is not accredited. ACE and NCCRS review our courses and recommend credit; a college decides whether to give that credit and records it on its own transcript.
ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
Questions people ask
how long is the rn to bsn at uk
UK publishes full-time and part-time sample plans of study for its online RN-BSN, which uses seven-week courses. The degree needs 120 credit hours, so your length depends on how much of that your prior nursing and general education credit already covers.
can i transfer general education credit into a kentucky rn to bsn
Often, but each university decides. UK's transfer center can preliminarily review a transcript for UK Core general education. Ask for that review in writing before you take outside courses, and keep the reply.
does the uk rn to bsn require clinical hours
Yes, 40 clinical hours, which UK says may be completed locally rather than in Lexington. The rest of the programme is 100 percent online, with no requirement to come to campus.
Courses that fit
ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended courses, studied online at your own pace.
English Composition 1
Self-paced online English Composition 1 course (ENG 101). NCCRS recommends 3 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
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Introduction to Sociology
Self-paced online Introduction to Sociology course (Sociology 110). ACE and NCCRS recommend 3 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
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A&P I and II with labs, Statistics and Psychology, once your programme agrees in writing to count them.
Sources
- University of Kentucky College of Nursing: RN-BSN (official)100 percent online RN-BSN for RNs with an associate degree or diploma in nursing; graduation needs 120 credit hours with 30 of the last 36 hours taken at UK; 40 clinical hours that may be done locally; eight required nursing courses and two electives; CCNE-accredited; fully approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.
- University of Kentucky College of Nursing: RN-BSN Admissions (official)Admission: graduation from an accredited nursing program from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA for all college work; a clear and unencumbered licence at application; official transcripts from every school attended, even for one course; the transfer center can preliminarily review a transcript for UK Core (general education) requirements; deadlines 15 March (summer), 15 July (fall), 1 November (spring). Checked on 15 Nov 2026.
- KCTCS: Tuition and Costs (2026-27) (official)2026-27 tuition $198 per credit hour for Kentucky residents plus an $8 per credit hour mandatory fee. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.