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Nursing at LaGuardia Community College

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at LaGuardia Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 students attend the school each year.

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

LaGuardia Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

LaGuardia Nursing Rankings

Nursing Student Demographics at LaGuardia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at LaGuardia Community College.

LaGuardia Nursing Associate’s Program

72% Women
81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at LaGuardia may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

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LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LaGuardia Community College with a associate's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 37
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 12
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from LaGuardia Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 95

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 NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Registered Nurses 182,490 $85,610
Medical and Health Services Managers 25,830 $143,030
Nurse Practitioners 13,710 $120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,380 $91,900
Nurse Anesthetists 1,770 $191,130

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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