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Nursing at Nevada State College

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

NSC is located in Henderson, Nevada and approximately 7,289 students attend the school each year. Of the 348 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Nevada State College in 2021, 348 of them were nursing majors.

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

NSC Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

NSC Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at NSC 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 nursing major at NSC 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
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 68
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 78
Most Popular Nursing Schools 167
189
Most Focused Nursing Schools 199
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 261
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 283
Best Nursing Schools 413
425
Best Value Nursing Schools 952

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from NSC Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at NSC is $70,550. This is 12% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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Nursing Student Demographics at NSC

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

NSC Nursing Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 348 students earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from NSC. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at NSC since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Nevada State College with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 79
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 84
White 102
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 67

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

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nevada State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 348

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 NV, the home state for Nevada State College.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
Registered Nurses 22,560 $85,620
Medical and Health Services Managers 2,360 $121,120
Nurse Practitioners 710 $112,540
Nursing Instructors and Professors 480 $76,120

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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