Nursing at Great Basin College

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

Great Basin College is located in Elko, Nevada and has a total student population of 3,772.

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

Great Basin College Nursing Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Great Basin College Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Great Basin College 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.

Nursing Student Demographics at Great Basin College

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

Great Basin College Nursing Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in nursing at Great Basin College are white. Around 78% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Great Basin College Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Great Basin College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Great Basin College with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Great Basin College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	61

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 NV, the home state for Great Basin College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Registered Nurses	22,560	$85,620
Medical and Health Services Managers	2,360	$121,120
Nurse Practitioners	710	$112,540
Nursing Instructors and Professors	480	$76,120

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.