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Registered Nursing at Purdue University Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and approximately 9,363 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.

Purdue Northwest Registered Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue Northwest

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Purdue Northwest offers distance education options for registered nursing at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

Purdue Northwest Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at Purdue Northwest 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.

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at Purdue Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at Purdue Northwest are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its registered nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 39
White 84
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Purdue Northwest Registered Nursing Master’s Program

93% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of registered nursing master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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Of the students who received a registered nursing master's degree from Purdue Northwest, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 62
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Northwest.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Registered Nurses 67,870 $64,860
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,350 $76,280

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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