Registered Nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University
If you are interested in studying registered nursing, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Commonwealth University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year.
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.
VCU Registered Nursing Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing
Online Classes Are Available at VCU
If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.
Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? VCU offers distance education options for registered nursing at the following degree levels:
- Bachelor’s Degree
VCU Registered Nursing Rankings
The registered nursing major at VCU 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 VCU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.
VCU Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its registered 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 registered 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 |
Related Majors
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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.
Occupation | Jobs in VA | Average Salary in VA |
---|---|---|
Registered Nurses | 64,750 | $69,790 |
Nursing Instructors and Professors | 1,480 | $70,540 |
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.