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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Hofstra University

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

Hofstra is located in Hempstead, New York and approximately 10,444 students attend the school each year.

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

Hofstra Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Hofstra Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Student Demographics at Hofstra

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychiatric/mental health nursing majors at Hofstra University.

Hofstra Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in psychiatric/mental health nursing each year. Hofstra does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degree from Hofstra, 75% 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 Hofstra University with a master's in psychiatric/mental health nursing.

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

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health 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 NY, the home state for Hofstra University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Registered Nurses 182,490 $85,610
Nurse Practitioners 13,710 $120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,380 $91,900

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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