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Registered Nursing at Samuel Merritt University

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

Samuel Merritt University is located in Oakland, California and approximately 2,050 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.

Samuel Merritt University Registered Nursing Degrees Available

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

Samuel Merritt University Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at Samuel Merritt University 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 Samuel Merritt University

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

Samuel Merritt University Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical registered nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Samuel Merritt University since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Samuel Merritt University with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 169
Black or African American 33
Hispanic or Latino 117
White 128
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 64

Samuel Merritt University Registered Nursing Master’s Program

79% Women
76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of registered nursing master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in registered nursing each year. Samuel Merritt University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

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In the registered nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 36% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 33
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 19
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

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 Samuel Merritt University.

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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