San Diego is seventh largest city in United States of America, and 2^nd largest in California, holding a population of over one million residents and approximately two million in the surrounding metropolitan area, which is mainly made up from San Diego County.

The area also boast of many smaller important cities, medical centers, research facilities and bio industries, offering numerous job opportunities to qualified and certified nurses. Being, one of the most populated areas and, the concentration of ageing population and baby boomers, the constant requirements of health care professionals are also great. All these factors have lead to the opening of a number of Nursing Schools in San Diego to cater the need of greater population, medical centers and other facilities. More and more nurses enroll in various nursing schools for different nursing degrees to avail easy job opportunities with attractive salaries.

The graduation from Nursing Schools in San Diego can avail immediate jobs in distinguished facilities, such as University of California San Diego Medical Center, Sharp HealthCare, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego Naval Medical Center and Children’s Hospital and Health Care, and, many other hospitals  and numerous health care clinics spread  around San Diego.

The Nursing Schools in San Diego offers entry level to advance degrees and specialties including, Critical Care Nursing, Forensic Nursing, Hospice Care Nursing, Midwifery, and Nursing Informatics. The schools also train them to become a Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse (RN), or Legal Nurse, a researcher, health care administrator, or other related profession.

The common programs offered by these nursing schools include:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BS)
• RN to BS
• Master of Science in Nursing (MS)
• School Nurse Credential
• Post Masters Nursing Education Certificate
• LVN to RN
• Doctoral
• MSN to Specialty
• Accelerate Programs
• Others

There are over 40 colleges and Universities in San Diego that offers various types of nursing programs and they include:

List of Nursing Schools in San Diego, California

• University of Phoenix
• Kaplan College
• California College San Diego
• San DiegoVocational Nursing
• Concorde Career College
• Integrity College of Health
• Certified Westwood College -
• Stratford Career Institute Study at Home programs*
• Uni
• San Diego City College: OFF CAMPUS PROGRAMS
• University of San Diego
• Point Loma Nazarene University: Graduate Education
• San Diego State University
• Point Loma Nazarene University: Graduate Education
• Sharp Cabrillo Skilled Nursing Center
• University of California San Diego: MEDICAL EDUCATION