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Family Practice Nurse/Nursing at Sacred Heart University

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Family Practice Nurse/Nursing at Sacred Heart University

If you plan to study family practice nurse/nursing, take a look at what Sacred Heart University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 9,313 students attend the school each year.

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

Sacred Heart Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Family Practice Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Family Practice Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at Sacred Heart

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Sacred Heart does offer online courses in family practice nursing for the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Sacred Heart Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in family practice nursing, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Family Practice Nursing Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the family practice nursing majors at Sacred Heart University.

Sacred Heart Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

100% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a master's degree in family practice nursing from Sacred Heart. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

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Of the students who received a family practice nursing master's degree from Sacred Heart, 93% 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 Sacred Heart University with a master's in family practice nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Family Practice Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in family practice 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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Registered Nurses 31,400 $81,220
Nurse Practitioners 2,340 $118,020
Nursing Instructors and Professors 630 $101,760

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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