What GPA do you need for Walden's nursing programmes?
Walden's nursing master's requires a minimum GPA of 2.5 in bachelor's degree coursework, or 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in master's degree coursework. You also need a registered nurse licence in the US or its territories that is current, active and in good standing through your programme start date. There is no GRE, SAT or ACT requirement and no admission essay.
A low bar, deliberately
A 2.5 floor is not selective, and Walden does not present it as though it were. The model is open-access at entry and demanding thereafter, which is a legitimate approach and a very different proposition from a programme that filters hard at admission.
It is worth understanding what that implies. The question is not whether you will be admitted. It is whether you will finish, and the factors that decide that are not on the application form.
What the application actually asks for
A completed online application, official transcripts, an active US RN licence in good standing through your start date, and Walden's Technical Standards Policy Form. No essay, no standardised test.
The licence requirement is the one to read carefully: it must be current through your start date, not merely at the point of applying.
The requirement that actually filters
Not GPA. It is the practicum: 640 supervised clinical hours across four courses, a preceptor you have to find, and a state that has to permit the placement at all.
Nurses do not generally fail out of Walden on academic grounds. They stall because a placement could not be arranged, or because the weekly rhythm could not survive a roster. Both are predictable in advance, and neither appears in an admission decision.
The better question to ask yourself
Instead of whether your GPA is enough, ask whether you could produce an initial discussion post with citations plus two peer responses plus an assignment, every week, for eleven weeks at a stretch. And whether you have a route to a preceptor.
Those two answers predict completion far better than a transcript from several years ago.
Common questions
What GPA do you need for a Walden MSN?
A minimum GPA of 2.5 in bachelor's degree coursework, or 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in master's degree coursework.
Does Walden require the GRE for nursing?
No. Walden's nursing programmes have no GRE, SAT or ACT requirement, and no admission essay.
What do you need to apply to Walden's nursing programmes?
A completed online application, official transcripts, a current and active US RN licence in good standing through your start date, and Walden's Technical Standards Policy Form.