Nursing at University of Utah
U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 students attend the school each year.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.
U of U Nursing Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
- Master’s Degree in Nursing
U of U Nursing Rankings
The nursing major at U of U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 105 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Nursing Student Demographics at U of U
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of Utah.
U of U Nursing Bachelor’s Program
About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at U of U 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 Utah with a bachelor's in nursing.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 13 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 33 |
White | 148 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 9 |
U of U Nursing Master’s Program
Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from U of U, 78% 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 Utah with a master's in nursing.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
White | 7 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Concentrations Within Nursing
If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Utah. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Registered Nursing | 332 |
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 1 |
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery | 1 |
Nursing Practice | 1 |
Related Majors
Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into
A degree in 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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.
Occupation | Jobs in UT | Average Salary in UT |
---|---|---|
Registered Nurses | 21,700 | $65,670 |
Medical and Health Services Managers | 3,560 | $104,770 |
Nurse Practitioners | 1,380 | $105,840 |
Nursing Instructors and Professors | 240 | $78,360 |
Nurse Midwives | 80 | $106,590 |
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 University of Utah under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.