Nursing at Shenandoah University

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

Shenandoah is located in Winchester, Virginia and approximately 4,174 students attend the school each year.

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

Shenandoah Nursing Degrees Available

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

Shenandoah Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Shenandoah is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #234 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Shenandoah

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

Shenandoah Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Shenandoah are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	70
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Shenandoah Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Shenandoah, 65% 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 Shenandoah University with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Shenandoah University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	125
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	33
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	12
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	9
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	3
Nursing Administration	1

Related Majors

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 VA, the home state for Shenandoah University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Registered Nurses	64,750	$69,790
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,650	$116,770
Nurse Practitioners	4,710	$105,170
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,480	$70,540
Nurse Anesthetists	850	$187,320

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Shenandoah Office of Marketing and Communications under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.