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Registered Nursing at Southwest Texas Junior College

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

Southwest Texas Junior College is located in Uvalde, Texas and has a total student population of 6,480.

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.

Southwest Texas Junior College Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing

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Registered Nursing Student Demographics at Southwest Texas Junior College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Southwest Texas Junior College.

Southwest Texas Junior College Registered Nursing Associate’s Program

72% Women
87% 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 Southwest Texas Junior College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

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Southwest Texas Junior College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in registered nursing graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 31
White 5
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 TX, the home state for Southwest Texas Junior College.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Registered Nurses 210,350 $72,890
Nursing Instructors and Professors 3,900 $71,780

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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