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Registered Nursing at Prairie State College

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

Prairie State College is located in Chicago Heights, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,716.

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.

Prairie State College Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing

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Registered Nursing Student Demographics at Prairie State College

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

Prairie State College Registered Nursing Associate’s Program

87% Women
90% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of registered nursing associate's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

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Prairie State College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in registered nursing graduates 50% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Prairie State College with a associate's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 18
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 IL, the home state for Prairie State College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses 129,400 $73,890
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,810 $69,310

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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