Nursing at Fresno Pacific University

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if Fresno Pacific University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

Fresno Pacific is located in Fresno, California and approximately 3,995 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 14 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from Fresno Pacific.

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

Fresno Pacific Nursing Degrees Available

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

Fresno Pacific Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at Fresno Pacific 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 Fresno Pacific 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
	46
	58
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	97
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	101
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	159
	165
Best Nursing Schools	249
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	335
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	365
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	543
Best Value Nursing Schools	838
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	978
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,017
Most Popular Nursing Schools	1,570
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,802

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Fresno Pacific. This makes it the #366 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Fresno Pacific Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Fresno Pacific is $85,190. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 35% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at Fresno Pacific

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

Fresno Pacific Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 nursing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Fresno Pacific, about 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Fresno Pacific since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Fresno Pacific University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Fresno Pacific Nursing Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a master's degree in nursing from Fresno Pacific. About 95% of these graduates were women and the other 5% were men.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Fresno Pacific University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing Science	21
Registered Nursing	14

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 CA, the home state for Fresno Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Nurse Practitioners	13,420	$133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,390	$101,320
Nurse Anesthetists	1,180	$212,210

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 Jon Harder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.