Nursing at University of North Carolina at Pembroke

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

UNC Pembroke is located in Pembroke, North Carolina and approximately 8,262 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from UNC Pembroke.

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

UNC Pembroke Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Pembroke

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNC Pembroke offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UNC Pembroke Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how UNC Pembroke performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at UNC Pembroke 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Best Value Nursing Schools	408
	470
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	482
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	494
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	522
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	525
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	531
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	657
	743
Most Popular Nursing Schools	800
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	838
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,381
Best Nursing Schools	1,408
	1,485

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UNC Pembroke. This makes it the #523 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UNC Pembroke Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNC Pembroke is $59,515. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing students.

Nursing Student Demographics at UNC Pembroke

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

UNC Pembroke Nursing Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 students earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from UNC Pembroke. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

UNC Pembroke Nursing Master’s Program

The nursing program at UNC Pembroke awarded 5 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UNC Pembroke, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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 North Carolina at Pembroke. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	99

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Registered Nurses	102,500	$64,850
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650
Nurse Practitioners	4,760	$104,100
Nurse Anesthetists	3,050	$178,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors	2,170	$68,710

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 Jopparn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.