West Coast University
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West Coast University, with three California campuses located in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Ontario, and its newest campus in Dallas, Texas, offers a career-focused health care education. Our accelerated nursing and health care degree programs are streamlined to provide you the most direct path to your degree.
Health Care Education Programs
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
WCU offers several Bachelor of Science in Nursing program tracks, each designed to fit your specific needs. Each track includes classroom lectures and hands-on training in a clinical setting. In addition to learning how to provide the best care for your patients, you’ll also study leadership and management techniques, critical thinking, and moral, ethical, and legal principles in health care.
Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene
WCU’s Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene program provides you with a blend of classroom and hands-on training that will prepare you for work as a Dental Hygienist. At WCU, once you begin your education and successfully complete your courses, there are no waiting lists and your graduation date is set. You’ll receive in-depth training in WCU’s simulation lab, with workstations that are equipped with artificial patients. Once you’ve completed your training there, you’ll move on to care for patients in WCU’s on site Dental Hygiene Clinic. The training you receive at WCU will prepare you for work in general dental offices and specialty practices, including periodontics or pediatric dentistry. You’ll work side by side with dentists as you provide dental care for your patients.
RN to BSN
West Coast University designed its RN to BSN program specifically to meet the needs of the working RN. Each class in this program is taught in a 10-week span, allowing the student to focus on fewer subjects at a time and gain a deeper understanding of the material. At the Los Angeles campus, you only need to attend classes onsite the first and last weekend of each term, with the balance of the coursework completed online.
LVN to BSN
The LVN to BSN program at West Coast University (WCU) offers licensed vocational nurses the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, as well as qualify to become a Registered Nurse, in a streamlined, 34 month program. The LVN to BSN curriculum is a part of West Coast University's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, and gives you access to all of WCU's technologically advanced equipment and facilities. WCU's year-round educational system offers new classes every 10 weeks at each of our four campuses. Our curriculum is structured around a specific end date — as long as you are successfully completing your classes, you won't need to compete for space in classes or worry about when you'll be graduating.
MS in Nursing
The WCU Master of Science in Nursing degree program has been developed to provide you with the foundation to achieve your professional goals.
Whether you want to become a nurse educator or move into a leadership role, the Master’s degree in Nursing program has been designed to help you be prepared. Advanced degrees are often necessary for many administrative, research, consulting and teaching positions.
Nurse Educator Certificate
The Nurse Educator Certificate is for the RN who possesses or is working toward a master's degree and wants to be in nursing education in an academic or clinical setting. It is for those looking to be RN or LVN board approved as an instructor or an LVN program administrator in California.
MS in Health Care Management
West Coast University's 36-credit Master of Science Degree in Health Care Management (MSHCM) has been carefully designed to meet the core competencies identified by the Healthcare Leadership Alliance (HLA) in a survey of 100,000 executives in the health care industry.
Financial Aid
Financial assistance programs are available for those who qualify. West Coast University can review your tuition payment options including federal loans, federal and state grants, and private loans. If you are unable to meet educational costs on your own, we’ll help you apply for financial assistance.
Financial assistance options may include:
- Loan counseling
- Federal Title IV financial aid
- Cal Grant program
- Loans & scholarships
- Veterans benefits
- BSN scholarships for American Career College alumni
Accreditation Disclosure
West Coast University is regionally accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)1. WCU is also accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS)2 to award bachelor and master's degrees. Our BSN program is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing and the Texas Board of Nursing. WCU is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)3. Our dental hygiene program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)4 of the American Dental Association in California.
1(WASC) 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100, Alameda, CA 94501, 510-748-9001, www.wascsenior.org
2(ACICS) 750 First Street, NE, Suite 980, Washington, DC 20002-4223, 202-336-6780, www.acics.org
3(CCNE) One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036, 202-887-6791, www.aacn.nche.edu/CCNE/reports/accprog.asp
4(CODA) The program in dental hygiene is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association. The Commission is a specialized accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education. The Commission on Dental Accreditation can be contacted at: 312-440-4653 or at 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. The Commission's web address is: http://www.ada.org/100.aspx
http://westcoastuniversity.edu/cpl/accreditation.html.
For graduation rates, median debt of graduates completing programs, and other important information, visit westcoastuniversity.edu/disclosures
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