Registered Nursing at University of South Carolina - Columbia

If you are interested in studying registered nursing, you may want to check out the program at University of South Carolina - Columbia. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a total student population of 35,470. In 2021, 255 registered nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from UofSC.

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.

UofSC Registered Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

UofSC Registered Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks registered nursing programs across the country. The following shows how UofSC 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 registered nursing major at UofSC 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
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools	210
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	367
Best Registered Nursing Schools	506
	612
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	663
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	845
	1,292
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools	1,448
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools	1,691

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at UofSC

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

UofSC Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 255 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Registered Nursing from UofSC in 2020-2021, 4% were men and 96% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at UofSC 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 Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	220
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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

Related Majors

• Nursing Science
• Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
• Nursing Practice
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
• Nurse Anesthetist

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Registered Nurses	44,350	$64,940
Nursing Instructors and Professors	550	$67,430

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.