Nursing at Eastern Michigan University

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what Eastern Michigan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 16,294 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 500 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Eastern Michigan.

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

Eastern Michigan Nursing Degrees Available

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

Eastern Michigan Nursing Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Eastern Michigan 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
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Most Popular Nursing Schools	77
	204
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	235
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	275
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	275
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	312
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	321
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	371
	407
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	460
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	527
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	556
Most Focused Nursing Schools	708
Best Nursing Schools	819
	898
Best Value Nursing Schools	934

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Eastern Michigan. This makes it the #313 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Eastern Michigan Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Eastern Michigan is $65,000. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 500 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in nursing from Eastern Michigan in 2021, 15% were men and 85% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	49
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	343
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	54

Eastern Michigan Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. Eastern Michigan does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Eastern Michigan, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	527

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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Registered Nurses	96,680	$71,330
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,960	$111,780
Nurse Practitioners	4,490	$106,880
Nurse Anesthetists	2,250	$180,560
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,410	$81,230

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.