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Registered Nursing at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

If you plan to study registered nursing, take a look at what University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UAFS is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas and has a total student population of 5,887. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 111 students received a bachelor's degree in registered nursing from UAFS.

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.

UAFS Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

UAFS Registered Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the registered nursing progam at UAFS compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The registered nursing major at UAFS 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 289
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 409
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 424
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 629
679
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 865
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 925
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 985
1,383
Best Registered Nursing Schools 1,506

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at UAFS

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

UAFS Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

85% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 111 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Registered Nursing from UAFS in 2020-2021, 15% were men and 85% were women. The typical registered nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UAFS since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at UAFS 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 University of Arkansas - Fort Smith with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 17
White 75
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

UAFS also has a doctoral program available in registered nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Registered Nurses 25,380 $60,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors 650 $54,920

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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