Nursing at LIU Post

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

LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and approximately 15,066 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 440 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from LIU Post.

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

LIU Post Nursing Degrees Available

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

LIU Post Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at LIU Post 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 LIU Post 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
	16
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
	54
	67
Most Popular Nursing Schools	71
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	81
	153
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	162
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	165
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	186
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	189
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	195
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	273
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	299
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	299
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	410
Best Nursing Schools	465
Most Focused Nursing Schools	549
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	754
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,566

In 2021, 121 students received their master’s degree in nursing from LIU Post. This makes it the #81 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from LIU Post Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at LIU Post is $94,012. This is 50% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at LIU Post

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at LIU Post.

LIU Post Nursing Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 440 students earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from LIU Post. About 85% of these graduates were women and the other 15% were men. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at LIU Post since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 LIU Post with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	79
Black or African American	89
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	108
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	102

LIU Post Nursing Master’s Program

The nursing program at LIU Post awarded 121 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. LIU Post does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

LIU Post 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from LIU Post. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	440
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	104
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	22

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 NY, the home state for LIU Post.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Nurse Practitioners	13,710	$120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,380	$91,900
Nurse Anesthetists	1,770	$191,130

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.