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Registered Nursing at Louisiana Tech University

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

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and approximately 11,126 students attend the school each year.

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

Louisiana Tech Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing

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Registered Nursing Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Louisiana Tech University.

Louisiana Tech Registered Nursing Associate’s Program

79% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of registered nursing associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in registered nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Louisiana Tech may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in registered nursing at Louisiana Tech are white. Around 82% 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 Louisiana Tech University with a associate's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 67
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered 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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Registered Nurses 43,110 $63,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors 800 $72,010

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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