Nursing at California Baptist University

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what California Baptist University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal Baptist is located in Riverside, California and approximately 11,317 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 156 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Cal Baptist.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Cal Baptist Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing
• Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Cal Baptist Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how Cal Baptist performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Cal Baptist is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	54
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	90
	116
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	123
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	133
	155
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	210
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	219
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	248
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	295
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	302
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	305
Most Popular Nursing Schools	309
	316
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	339
Best Nursing Schools	480
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	688
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	709
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,127
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,200

In 2021, 80 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Cal Baptist. This makes it the #123 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #306 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Cal Baptist Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Baptist is $79,565. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 27% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at Cal Baptist

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at California Baptist University.

Cal Baptist Nursing Bachelor’s Program

The nursing program at Cal Baptist awarded 156 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal Baptist since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Baptist University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Cal Baptist Nursing Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 80 nursing majors earned their master's degree from Cal Baptist. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. Cal Baptist does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Baptist University with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	17
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Cal Baptist also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California Baptist University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	236
Nursing Practice	4

Related Majors

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Nurse Practitioners	13,420	$133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,390	$101,320
Nurse Anesthetists	1,180	$212,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeremylofgren under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.