Nursing at Lehman College

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

Lehman is located in Bronx, New York and has a total student population of 15,091. In 2021, 199 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from Lehman.

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

Lehman Nursing Degrees Available

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

Lehman Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at Lehman compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Lehman 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
	18
	60
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	67
	71
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	97
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	116
	180
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	190
Most Popular Nursing Schools	201
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	207
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	212
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	216
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	231
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	382
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	382
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	425
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	439
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	527
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	647
Best Nursing Schools	890
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,018
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,023

In 2021, 103 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Lehman. This makes it the #97 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #383 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from Lehman Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lehman is $89,786. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 43% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at Lehman

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

Lehman Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 199 nursing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Lehman, about 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Lehman since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% 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 Lehman College with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	75
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	15
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Lehman Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. Lehman does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 86% of degree recipients. That is 51% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	52
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lehman also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Lehman College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	199
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	117
School Nursing	2

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 NY, the home state for Lehman 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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.