Registered Nursing at Auburn University

Every registered nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the registered nursing program at Auburn University stacks up to those at other schools.

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and has a total student population of 30,737. Of the 330 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University in 2021, 206 of them were registered nursing majors.

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.

Auburn Registered Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Auburn

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? Auburn offers distance education options for registered nursing at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Auburn Registered Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks registered nursing programs across the country. The following shows how Auburn 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 Auburn 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 Registered Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	13
Best Registered Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	23
Most Focused Registered Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	25
Best Value Registered Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	33
	34
Most Popular Online Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Most Popular Online Registered Nursing Schools	39
Most Popular Registered Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	50
Best Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	61
Most Popular Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	77
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
	156
Most Focused Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	159
Best Registered Nursing Schools	180
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	183
Best Value Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	188
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools	198
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	446
	832
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools	1,228
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools	1,565

In 2021, 47 students received their master’s degree in registered nursing from Auburn. This makes it the #77 most popular school for registered nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in registered nursing, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at Auburn

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

Auburn Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at Auburn 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 Auburn University with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	188
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Auburn Registered Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 47 registered nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Auburn, about 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a registered nursing master's degree from Auburn, 89% 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 Auburn University with a master's in registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Nursing Practice

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 AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Registered Nurses	49,490	$59,470
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,330	$66,670

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
• Image Credit: By Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.