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Nursing at Duquesne University

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

Duquesne is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 8,830. In 2021, 276 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from Duquesne.

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

Duquesne Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Duquesne

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Duquesne offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Duquesne Nursing Rankings

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

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 Duquesne 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
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 27
Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 39
Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 60
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 99
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 103
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 110
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 116
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 131
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 131
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 147
Most Popular Nursing Schools 152
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 162
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Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 169
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools 170
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 186
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 200
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 228
Best Nursing Schools 270
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 326
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370
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 372
Most Focused Nursing Schools 614
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Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 776
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Best Value Nursing Schools 1,509

In 2021, 74 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Duquesne. This makes it the #131 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 24 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #131 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from Duquesne Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Duquesne is $60,313. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing students.

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Nursing Student Demographics at Duquesne

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

Duquesne Nursing Bachelor’s Program

90% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 276 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from Duquesne in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

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About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Duquesne are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 239
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Duquesne Nursing Master’s Program

92% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 74 students earned a master's degree in nursing from Duquesne. About 92% of these graduates were women and the other 8% were men.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Duquesne, 85% 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 Duquesne University with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 63
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Duquesne also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 24 students 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 Duquesne University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing Science 280
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 60
Nursing Practice 20
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 19

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 PA, the home state for Duquesne University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses 148,520 $70,390
Medical and Health Services Managers 16,410 $97,310
Nurse Practitioners 7,280 $98,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,010 $78,810
Nurse Anesthetists 1,700 $171,250

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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