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Nursing at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTHSC is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 3,181 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.

UTHSC Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

UTHSC Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UTHSC 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.

Nursing Student Demographics at UTHSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center.

UTHSC Nursing Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UTHSC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 43
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing Practice 68
Registered Nursing 53
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 6
Nursing Science 2
School Nursing 1

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Registered Nurses 60,360 $61,320
Medical and Health Services Managers 10,320 $101,550
Nurse Practitioners 7,010 $95,990
Nurse Anesthetists 2,190 $150,880
Nursing Instructors and Professors 910 $75,300

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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