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Registered Nursing at Western Oklahoma State College

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Registered Nursing at Western Oklahoma State College

If you plan to study registered nursing, take a look at what Western Oklahoma State College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Western is located in Altus, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 1,353.

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.

Western Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing

Western Registered Nursing Rankings

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Registered Nursing Student Demographics at Western

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Western Oklahoma State College.

Western Registered Nursing Associate’s Program

88% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of registered nursing associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in registered nursing at Western are white. Around 65% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Oklahoma State College with a associate's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 56
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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 OK, the home state for Western Oklahoma State College.

Occupation Jobs in OK Average Salary in OK
Registered Nurses 29,330 $63,080
Nursing Instructors and Professors 520 $59,070

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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