Accelerated Nursing Programs in California

As a California resident, you will find a number of colleges and universities that offer the accelerated nursing programs in your state. If you have an unrelated BA or MA degree and you want to become a registered nurse, you can get into the fast track and get a nursing degree in one to two years, depending on the school, your education background, coursework already completed and more.

If you have an unrelated Baccalaureate Degree the California Accelerated Nursing Programs are:
Azusa Pacific University
California State University-Long Beach
California State University-Northridge
California State University-Sacramento
California State University-San Marcos
Concordia University-California
Loma Linda University
Mount Saint Mary’s College
National University
Samuel Merritt University

Accelerated nursing programs offering a Masters Degree are:
Azusa Pacific University
California Baptist University
California State University-Dominguez Hills
California State University-Fresno
California State University-Fullerton
California State University-Los Angeles
California State University-Sacramento
Loma Linda University
Samuel Merritt University
San Francisco State University
Sonoma State University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Francisco
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
Western University of Health Sciences

Keep in mind that you may need spend some time finding out how long the wait is to get into the program if you meet the admission criteria for the program. If it seems that you will have to wait too long, consider another state. It also depends on when you want to start.

For instance, the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) admission at Samuel Merritt University in San Francisco is in May and November. For the Sacramento area it is in January. For Oakland it is in May. For San Mateo it is June or January. There are a total of 280 seats available for the ABSN program per year at this University according to their website.

For the Loma Linda University, you will need a cumulative and prerequisite GPA of 3.3 for the accelerated fast track nursing degree program. The admission deadlines are: Fall-March 31 for Sept quarter start. Winter-August 15 for January quarter start and Spring-November 1 for quarter beginning in March. The cost per quarter is estimated to be about $2,000.

The Azusa Pacific University has been reported on by the US News & World Report’s rankings America’s Best Colleges 2011 as being at a Tier One at No. 167 in the National Universities category. See http://www.usnews.com/rankings.
Kiplinger ranked it among its top 100 best value in private colleges. Go to: http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/best-values-in-private-colleges-2010-2011.html

There are many universities across the US that offer the accelerated nursing program for college grads with unrelated BA or MA degrees. Please see a list at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for a full list by state.

Disclaimer: This information was written as accurately as possible, but cannot guarantee accuracy at the time of your reading. Please get more detailed info from the nursing dept. at the respective college or university you want to attend.

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