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Nursing at California State University - East Bay

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at California State University - East Bay. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal State East Bay is located in Hayward, California and approximately 16,253 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 184 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal State East Bay.

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 State East Bay Nursing Degrees Available

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

Cal State East Bay Nursing Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Cal State East Bay 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
24
44
72
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 113
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 162
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 164
Best Nursing Schools 192
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 210
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 240
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 350
Most Popular Nursing Schools 375
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 502
Best Value Nursing Schools 766
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 795
Most Focused Nursing Schools 1,602

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Cal State East Bay. This makes it the #351 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Cal State East Bay Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State East Bay is $99,479. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 58% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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Nursing Student Demographics at Cal State East Bay

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

Cal State East Bay Nursing Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
74% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal State East Bay since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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 State University - East Bay with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 74
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 42
White 36
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

Cal State East Bay Nursing Master’s Program

96% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The nursing program at Cal State East Bay awarded 23 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 4% of these degrees went to men with the other 96% going to women.

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In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Cal State East Bay also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 0 student 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 State University - East Bay. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 207

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 State University - East Bay.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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