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Registered Nursing at Western Carolina University

If you are interested in studying registered nursing, you may want to check out the program at Western Carolina University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 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.

WCU Registered Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WCU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WCU does offer online courses in registered nursing for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

WCU Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at WCU 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 WCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Western Carolina University.

WCU Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical registered nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at WCU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 205
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

WCU Registered Nursing Master’s Program

89% Women
3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of registered nursing master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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Of the students who received a registered nursing master's degree from WCU, 97% 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 Western Carolina University with a master's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 37
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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Registered Nurses 102,500 $64,850
Nursing Instructors and Professors 2,170 $68,710

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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