Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at University of Southern Indiana

What traits are you looking for in a psychiatric/mental health nursing school? To help you decide if University of Southern Indiana is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychiatric/mental health nursing program.

USI is located in Evansville, Indiana and has a total student population of 10,203.

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

USI Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at USI

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USI offers distance education options for psychiatric/mental health nursing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USI Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Student Demographics at USI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychiatric/mental health nursing majors at University of Southern Indiana.

USI Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

The psychiatric/mental health nursing program at USI awarded 13 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 31% of these degrees went to men with the other 69% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in psychiatric/mental health nursing each year. USI does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degree from USI, 77% 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 Southern Indiana with a master's in psychiatric/mental health nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Nursing Practice
• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
• Nursing Administration
• Geriatric Nurse/Nursing

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health 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 IN, the home state for University of Southern Indiana.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Registered Nurses	67,870	$64,860
Nurse Practitioners	4,780	$103,200
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,350	$76,280

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 AJ Eaton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.