Nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.

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

VCU Nursing Degrees Available

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

VCU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at VCU 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 58 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at VCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VCU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at VCU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	66
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	70

VCU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from VCU, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Commonwealth University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	212
Nursing Practice	114
Nurse Anesthetist	48
Nursing Science	3

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Registered Nurses	64,750	$69,790
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,650	$116,770
Nurse Practitioners	4,710	$105,170
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,480	$70,540
Nurse Anesthetists	850	$187,320

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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More about our data sources and methodologies.