UCLA Reopens Undergraduate Nursing Program

University of California-Los Angeles' officials recently announced plans to reopen the university's bachelor's degree program for nursing next fall after closing it in 1995 and expand the master's degree program. The UC Board of Regents has allocated $5.2 million to fund both programs for nursing at UCLA. Fifty students are expected to be admitted to the program in the first year, and 50 students likely will enroll in a new entry-level master's program. UCLA officials hope to double the university's current capacity of 300 nursing students within five years and plan to hire 22 more faculty members. The new entry-level master's program is for students with no nursing experience, as well as, those who are already licensed nurses. In addition, UC-Irvine is working to gain approval for a nursing program that would include an undergraduate nursing degree.