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Azusa Pacific University


School of Nursing
701 East Foothill Avenue, PO Box 7000
Azusa, CA 91702-7000
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Renee Pozza, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC, FAASLD
Title: Interim Dean and Professor

Phone: 626-815-5403
Fax: 626-815-5414

DNP Accreditation

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November 18, 2013 February 28, 2018 December 31, 2028 February 2018 Spring 2028


California Baptist University


School of Nursing
8432 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504-3297
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Karen Bradley, DNP, PNP-BC, NEA-BC
Title: Dean, Professor of Nursing

Phone: 951-552-8913
Fax: 951-552-8402

DNP Accreditation

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September 27, 2017 September 21, 2022 June 30, 2033 September 2022 Fall 2032


California State University, Fresno


School of Nursing
2345 East San Ramon Avenue, M/S MH25
Fresno, CA 93740-8031
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Kathleen S. Rindahl, DNP, FNP-C
Title: Chair

Phone: 559-278-3491

DNP Accreditation

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September 14, 2020 September 14, 2020 June 30, 2026 September 2020 Fall 2025


Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science


Mervyn M. Dymally School of Nursing
1731 East 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Delia Santana, PhD, MSN, MPH, CNS, RN, PHN
Title: Interim Associate Dean

Phone: 323-568-3332
Fax: 323-568-3389

DNP Accreditation

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October 12, 2022 October 12, 2022 June 30, 2028 October 2022 Fall 2027


Loma Linda University


School of Nursing
11262 Campus Street, West Hall, Room 1101
Loma Linda, CA 92350-0001
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Shawn B. Collins, PhD, DNP, CRNA, FAANA
Title: Dean, School of Nursing

Phone: 909-558-4517
Fax: 909-558-0225

DNP Accreditation

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February 6, 2012 January 25, 2017 December 31, 2027 January 2017 Spring 2027


National University


Department of Nursing
3678 Aero Court
San Diego, CA 92123
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Alice Myers, PhD, MSN, RN
Title: Chair, Department of Nursing

Phone: 609-425-2872

DNP Accreditation

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September 30, 2022 September 30, 2022 December 31, 2026 February 2021 Spring 2026


Point Loma Nazarene University


School of Nursing
2600 Laning Rd
San Diego, CA 92106-2899
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Monique C. Sawyer, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC
Title: Chief Nurse Administrator

Phone: 619-849-3262
Fax: 619-849-2672

DNP Accreditation

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October 1, 2018 October 11, 2023 June 30, 2034 October 2023 Fall 2033


Samuel Merritt University


College of Nursing
3100 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1000
Oakland, CA 94609
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Steven L. Rush, PhD, RN, CNS, PNP
Title: Interim Dean

Phone: 510-879-9200 x7373

DNP Accreditation

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September 24, 2012 November 2, 2020 June 30, 2031 November 2020 Fall 2030


San Jose State University


The Valley Foundation School of Nursing
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0057
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Lisa Rauch, DNP, PHNA-BC, RN
Title: Director

Phone: 408-924-1347
Fax: 508-924-3135

DNP Accreditation

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September 16, 2020 September 16, 2020 June 30, 2026 September 2020 Fall 2025


University of California, Davis


Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
2570 48th Street, Suite 2400
Sacramento, CA 95817
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Stephen J. Cavanagh, PhD, RN, FInstLM, FRSPH, FACHE, FAAN
Title: Dean

Phone: 916-734-4745
Fax: 916-734-3257

DNP Accreditation

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October 21, 2024 October 21, 2024 June 30, 2030 October 2024 Fall 2029


University of California, Irvine


Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
Campus Drive, 252 Berk Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3959
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Mark Lazenby, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN
Title: Dean

Phone: 949-824-8932

DNP Accreditation

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March 29, 2021 March 29, 2021 December 31, 2026 March 2021 Spring 2026


University of California, Los Angeles


School of Nursing
700 Tiverton, 2-256 Factor Building, Box 951702
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1702
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title: Dean

Phone: 310-206-7433

DNP Accreditation

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February 24, 2020 February 24, 2020 December 31, 2025 February 2020 Spring 2025


University of California, San Francisco


School of Nursing
UCSF School of Nursing, Box 0604 490 Illinois Street, Floor 9
San Francisco, CA 94143
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Carol Dawson-Rose, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title: Dean

Phone: 415-476-1805
Fax: 415-476-9707

DNP Accreditation

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September 11, 2019 November 13, 2024 June 30, 2030 November 2024 Fall 2029


University of Massachusetts Global


Marybelle and S. Paul Musco School of Nursing and Health Professions
16355 Laguna Canyon Road
Irvine, CA 92618
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Patric Schine, DNP, FNP-BC
Title: Interim Dean

Phone: 949-341-9940
Fax: 949-754-0499

DNP Accreditation

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November 7, 2011 September 12, 2016 June 30, 2027 September 2016 Fall 2026


University of San Diego


Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Jane Georges, PhD, RN
Title: Dean

Phone: 619-260-4566
Fax: 619-260-6814

DNP Accreditation

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November 2, 2009 October 23, 2024 June 30, 2035 October 2024 Fall 2034


University of San Francisco


School of Nursing & Health Professions
2130 Fulton Street, Cowell 102
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Eileen Fry-Bowers, PhD, JD, RN, CPNP, FAAN
Title: Dean

Phone: 514-422-4009
Fax: 415-422-6877

DNP Accreditation

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September 24, 2009 October 9, 2024 June 30, 2035 October 2024 Fall 2034


University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences


Department of Nursing
700 Windy Point Drive
San Marcos, CA 92069
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Sarah M. I. Cartwright, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CAPA, FASPAN
Title: Executive Director and Chief Nurse Administrator

Phone: 904-687-2860
Fax: 904-712-5018

DNP Accreditation

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October 22, 2018 October 4, 2023 June 30, 2034 October 2023 Fall 2033


Western University of Health Sciences


College of Graduate Nursing
309 East Second Street, College Plaza
Pomona, CA 91766-1854
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Mary Lopez, PhD, RN
Title: Dean

Phone: 909-469-5523
Fax: 909-469-5521

DNP Accreditation

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September 11, 2011 March 14, 2016 December 31, 2026 March 2016 Spring 2026


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