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Registered Nursing at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 17,719 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.

WCUPA Registered Nursing Degrees Available

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

WCUPA Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at WCUPA 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 WCUPA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

WCUPA Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at WCUPA 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 44
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 150
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

WCUPA Registered Nursing Master’s Program

90% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 10% of registered nursing master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

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Of the students who received a registered nursing master's degree from WCUPA, 80% 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a master's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses 148,520 $70,390
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,010 $78,810

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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