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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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 212 students received a bachelor's degree in registered nursing from VCU.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks registered nursing programs across the country. The following shows how VCU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Online Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 34
Most Popular Online Registered Nursing Schools 36
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 137
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 176
Best Registered Nursing Schools 195
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 274
486
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 579
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 826
1,067
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 1,366
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 1,666

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

86% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 212 registered nursing majors earned their bachelor's degree from VCU. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 30
Hispanic or Latino 20
White 74
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 71

VCU also has a doctoral program available in registered nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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