California School of Health Sciences

Name

California School of Health Sciences

Legal name

California School of Health Sciences

Website

https://cshs.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Professional Education and Continuing Education

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Medical Licensure Exam Prep (USMLE/COMLEX, NCLEX, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PA) (EDANAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC), Nursing & Allied Health Certification Prep (CNA, EMT/Paramedic, Radiology, Sonography, PT/OT) (EDANAIAB), Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

Keywords

• Nursing certification courses
• Continuing healthcare education
• Professional development training
• NCLEX exam preparation
• English language training

Headquarters

HQ city

Garden Grove

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Certification Courses: Revenue from professional certification courses including EKG Monitor Tech, Critical Care, NCLEX reviews, CCRN, ACLS, PALS, BLS, and Nurse Refresher courses. One-time per-course payment model with registration fees.
2. ESL Program Tuition: Tuition from Intensive English Program for non-native English speakers. 12-week term-based courses at multiple intensity levels (18, 21, or 24 hours per week).
3. Continuing Education Units (CEU): Approved CEU contact hours for nurses through California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider Number 17440), providing professional development credits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

California School of Health Sciences (CSHS) is a private postsecondary institution that delivers healthcare certification and continuing education courses (including NCLEX-RN/LVN review, CCRN review, ACLS, PALS, BLS, Critical Care, Nurse Refresher, EKG Monitor Tech, and advanced specialty nursing programs) and an Intensive English as a Second Language (ESL) program. Courses are delivered both synchronously online via live Zoom instructor-led sessions and in-person at its Anaheim, California campus, with all healthcare courses approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider Number 17440) for continuing education contact hours.

Product overview

California School of Health Sciences (CSHS) offers a portfolio of professional development and continuing education programs for healthcare professionals and language learners. The core offerings include nursing certification and exam preparation courses (EKG Monitor Tech, Critical Care, Nurse Refresher, NCLEX-LVN/RN, CCRN Review) and American Heart Association certifications (BLS, ACLS, PALS). Advanced programs include leadership management, medical-surgical refresher, faculty development, and research residency. The school also provides an Intensive English Program (ESL) with five proficiency levels for international students. All courses are delivered synchronously online via Zoom with live instructor-led sessions. The school is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider #17440) for continuing education contact hours.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EKG Monitor Tech Certification

Quantifiable outcome

• High NCLEX and CCRN first-attempt pass rates emphasized in marketing
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Archer Review: Archer Review offers NCLEX and CCRN exam prep with practice-question subscriptions and live review courses. It overlaps with CSHS's NCLEX review and CCRN review offerings, addressing similar candidates preparing for initial licensure or specialty certification.
• NetCE: NetCE delivers online nursing continuing education and specialty certification prep across multiple states. Its course catalog and online-only delivery model overlap with CSHS's BRN-approved CEU courses for nurses.
• UWorld: UWorld is the dominant subscription-based NCLEX question bank and prep platform. It competes directly with CSHS's NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-LVN review seminars for the same first-time test-taker segment, offering digital self-study as an alternative to CSHS's 3-day live seminars.
• Hurst Review Services: Hurst Review is a long-running NCLEX prep specialist offering live and online review courses. It directly competes with CSHS's NCLEX review products in content, format, and target audience (pre-licensure nursing students).
• Simple Nursing: Simple Nursing is a digital-first NCLEX prep and nursing education platform delivering video lectures, practice questions, and study guides online. It competes with CSHS's online synchronous NCLEX courses via a more modern, on-demand content model.
• Western Schools: Western Schools is a continuing-education provider offering nursing CEUs and certification prep courses approved by state boards of nursing. It is comparable to CSHS's CE-bearing Critical Care, Nurse Refresher, and other BRN-approved programs as a direct CE competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Relias (RN.com): Relias, owner of RN.com, is a large healthcare workforce education and compliance training platform providing nursing CEUs and specialty courses. It overlaps with CSHS's continuing education segment as a much broader workforce-training incumbent.
• Kaplan Test Prep: Kaplan is an established, broad-based test-prep incumbent offering NCLEX and other healthcare certification prep via live and online formats. It overlaps with CSHS's NCLEX and CCRN review offerings as part of a much larger multi-exam portfolio.
• ATI Nursing Education (Ascend Learning): ATI, owned by Ascend Learning, provides comprehensive nursing curriculum, NCLEX prep, and competency assessments used by nursing schools nationwide. It serves a broader institutional nursing-education function but overlaps with CSHS's NCLEX preparation market.

Regional players

• Converse International School of Languages: CISL is an ACCET-accredited intensive English program provider based in California, serving international students on F-1 visas. It competes with the ESL portion of CSHS's offerings for the same international student demographic in the California market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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