Nursing at University of Delaware

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if University of Delaware is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 23,613.

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

UD Nursing Degrees Available

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

UD Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UD 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #261 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UD 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 Delaware with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	141
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UD Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 35% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 University of Delaware. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	186
Nursing Practice	6
Nursing Science	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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Registered Nurses	11,840	$74,800
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,040	$131,260
Nurse Practitioners	760	$108,340
Nurse Anesthetists	150	$187,860

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.