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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Cox College

If you plan to study psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, take a look at what Cox College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cox College is located in Springfield, Missouri and approximately 975 students attend the school each year.

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

Cox College Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at Cox College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Cox College does offer online education options in psychiatric/mental health nursing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Master’s Degree

Cox College Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Student Demographics at Cox College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychiatric/mental health nursing majors at Cox College.

Cox College Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

60% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in psychiatric/mental health nursing each year. Cox College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degree from Cox College, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cox College with a master's in psychiatric/mental health nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health 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 MO, the home state for Cox College.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Registered Nurses 71,770 $65,130
Nurse Practitioners 4,390 $102,470
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,210 $77,540

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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