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

Frontier Nursing University is located in Hyden, Kentucky and approximately 2,436 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.

Frontier Nursing University Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Frontier Nursing University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

  • Master’s Degree

Frontier Nursing University Nursing Rankings

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.

There were 181 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Frontier Nursing University

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

Frontier Nursing University Nursing Master’s Program

95% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Frontier Nursing University, 79% 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 Frontier Nursing University with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 41
Hispanic or Latino 34
White 479
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 40

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Frontier Nursing University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 291
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 226
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 181
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 139
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing 76

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 KY, the home state for Frontier Nursing University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Registered Nurses 46,130 $63,100
Medical and Health Services Managers 5,000 $91,820
Nurse Practitioners 3,160 $99,790
Nurse Anesthetists 1,160 $172,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors 690 $73,170

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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