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Registered Nursing at Missouri Southern State University

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

Missouri Southern is located in Joplin, Missouri and approximately 5,045 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students received a bachelor's degree in registered nursing from Missouri Southern.

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.

Missouri Southern Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

Missouri Southern Registered Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the registered nursing progam at Missouri Southern compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The registered nursing major at Missouri Southern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered 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
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 393
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 590
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 674
710
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 830
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 1,068
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 1,121
Best Registered Nursing Schools 1,400
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 1,414
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Registered Nursing Student Demographics at Missouri Southern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Missouri Southern State University.

Missouri Southern Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

93% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at Missouri Southern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Missouri Southern State University with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 47
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Missouri Southern also has a doctoral program available in registered nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MO, the home state for Missouri Southern State University.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Registered Nurses 71,770 $65,130
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,210 $77,540

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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