California State University, Bakersfield

California State University—Bakersfield is a public institution. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 9,979 (fall 2020), its setting is urban, and the campus size is 35 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. California State University—Bakersfield’s ranking in the 2022 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities West, #51. Its in-state tuition and fees are $7,582; out-of-state tuition and fees are $17,086.

Degree

Programs Offered

RN to BSN (available online) / Traditional BSN / MSN (FNP)

You don’t have to spend a fortune on your nursing education, at least not with California State University, Bakersfield.

Being a public uni, CSUB has one of the lowest university tuition in California. And, it’s been around since 1968, which says they’ve built their programs on quality to maintain a reputation that long.

CSUB’s nursing school strives to impart critical thinking and research-based practice to their nursing students. Along with this are support programs, e.g. academic advising, tutoring services, counseling services, and more.

And we can say from their current NCLEX-RN pass rate of 98.08%, their nursing programs, and overall student support prove to be quite effective.

Although the school doesn’t offer a variety of programs, employed nurses can take advantage of the online RN to BSN program.