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Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing at University of Pennsylvania

What traits are you looking for in a perioperative/operating room and surgical nursing school? To help you decide if University of Pennsylvania is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's perioperative/operating room and surgical nursing program.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

UPenn Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at UPenn

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UPenn does offer online courses in perioperative/operating room and surgical nursing for the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

UPenn Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 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.

Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Student Demographics at UPenn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the perioperative/operating room and surgical nursing majors at University of Pennsylvania.

UPenn Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

89% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 219 perioperative/operating room and surgical nursing majors earned their master's degree from UPenn. Of these graduates, 11% were men and 89% were women.

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Of the students who received a perioperative/operating room and surgical nursing master's degree from UPenn, 64% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 21
Black or African American 29
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 141
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

Careers That Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in perioperative/operating room and surgical 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses 148,520 $70,390
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,010 $78,810

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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