due to the fact that i had a hard time finding direct entry msn's and accelerated bsn's here in ca (requirements are a bachelor in another field for both), i thought i'd post a list for those looking for one:direct entry msn: azusa pacific university - second careers and nursing (scan)samuel merritt college - entry level msn (elmsn)san francisco state university - generic msuc san francisco - master's entry program in nursing (mepn)university of san diego - master's entry program in nursing (mepn)university of san francisco - master's entry option (meo)western university of health sciences - msn entry (msn-e), in pomonaanother one that wasn't listed is cal state los angeles - entry level masters (elm)and yet another new one is at loma linda university, not sure of its titleaccelerated bsn programs in ca are offered at:csu long beachloma linda universitymount st. mary's collegesamuel merritt college most of these are found at:http://www.cnashealth.ucr.edu/nics.pdfwww.allnursingschools.com has many, but not all of them listed as wellfeel free to add on if there are any i missed!hope this helps someone out there...