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Registered Nursing at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459.

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.

USD Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

USD Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at USD 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.

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical registered nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at USD 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 Dakota with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 145
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Registered Nurses 12,760 $58,340
Nursing Instructors and Professors 250 $67,410

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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