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Registered Nursing at Rio Hondo College

If you plan to study registered nursing, take a look at what Rio Hondo College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

RHCCD is located in Whittier, California and approximately 15,692 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.

RHCCD Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing

RHCCD Registered Nursing Rankings

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at RHCCD

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

RHCCD Registered Nursing Associate’s Program

72% Women
96% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of registered nursing associate's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in registered nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at RHCCD may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

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RHCCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in registered nursing graduates 56% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 18
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 25
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 CA, the home state for Rio Hondo College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Registered Nurses 294,510 $106,950
Nursing Instructors and Professors 3,390 $101,320

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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