Registered Nursing at University of South Alabama

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

USA is located in Mobile, Alabama and has a total student population of 14,224.

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.

USA Registered Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at USA

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? USA offers distance education options for registered nursing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USA Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at USA 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.

There were 134 students who received their doctoral degrees in registered nursing, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at USA

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

USA Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at USA 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 South Alabama with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	65
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	214
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	37

USA Registered Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of registered nursing master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Of the students who received a registered nursing master's degree from USA, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	128
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	542
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

Related Majors

• Nursing Practice

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 AL, the home state for University of South Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Registered Nurses	49,490	$59,470
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,330	$66,670

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
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