Interesting seeing this thread ... I wasn't a member when it was first started. I live in Spokane, and graduated from Gonzaga with my first Bachelor's (electrical engineering). Loved the school then, though the cost meant I had loans! I'm planning on gettign back into Gonzaga for their nursing program through ICNE. I've heard that it's not too hard (relatively of course) to get into their program, as they are the most expensive of the schools to feed into ICNE. Also keep in mind for Gonzaga that you only pay their tuition for pre reqs. For actual nursing school at ICNE you will pay WSU's tuition. I have no idea about Kaiser, but it's probably a great school too, just wanted to add my two cents. Kelly P.S. Here are links to the schools I mentioned ... http://www.gonzaga.edu - Gonzaga's main site http://www.gonzaga.edu/Academics/Colleges+and+Schools/School+of+Professional+Studies/Nursing/default.htm - Gonzaga's nursing page http://www.wsu.edu - Washington State University's main site http://nursing.wsu.edu/ - ICNE via WSU