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Nursing at Highland Community College

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

Highland Community College is located in Freeport, Illinois and has a total student population of 1,276.

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

Highland Community College Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

Highland Community College Nursing Rankings

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Nursing Student Demographics at Highland Community College

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

Highland Community College Nursing Associate’s Program

95% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in nursing at Highland Community College are white. Around 76% 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 Highland Community College with a associate's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 29
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at Highland Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Highland Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 38

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 IL, the home state for Highland Community College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses 129,400 $73,890
Medical and Health Services Managers 14,050 $121,900
Nurse Practitioners 5,540 $105,800
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,810 $69,310
Nurse Anesthetists 1,510 $190,500

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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