Nursing at New Jersey City University

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

NJCU is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 7,550 students attend the school each year. Of the 181 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Jersey City University in 2021, 181 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.

NJCU Nursing Degrees Available

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

NJCU Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how NJCU performed in these rankings.

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 NJCU 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
	77
	95
	219
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	251
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	299
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	319
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	367
Best Nursing Schools	439
Most Popular Nursing Schools	440
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	441
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	448
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	534
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	541
Most Focused Nursing Schools	820
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,243

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in nursing from NJCU. This makes it the #535 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from NJCU Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at NJCU is $79,771. This is 27% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at NJCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at New Jersey City University.

NJCU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at NJCU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 New Jersey City University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	45
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	58
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

NJCU Nursing Master’s Program

The nursing program at NJCU awarded 4 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

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

NJCU 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 New Jersey City University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	126
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	59

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 NJ, the home state for New Jersey City University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Registered Nurses	79,530	$82,750
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,260	$116,750
Nurse Practitioners	5,900	$122,100
Nursing Instructors and Professors	2,000	$89,950
Nurse Midwives	180	$113,980

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
• Image Credit: By Stepanstas under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.