Nursing at California State University - Bakersfield

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what California State University - Bakersfield has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and approximately 11,745 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 106 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from CSUB.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

CSUB Nursing Degrees Available

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

CSUB Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at CSUB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 nursing major at CSUB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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
	51
	80
	187
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	203
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	253
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	258
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	272
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	392
Best Nursing Schools	415
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	446
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	463
Most Popular Nursing Schools	647
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	783
Best Value Nursing Schools	950
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,559

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in nursing from CSUB. This makes it the #393 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from CSUB Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUB is $81,247. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 29% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at CSUB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at California State University - Bakersfield.

CSUB Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUB since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Bakersfield with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

CSUB Nursing Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 nursing majors earned their master's degree from CSUB. Of these graduates, 28% were men and 72% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. CSUB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 94% of degree recipients. That is 59% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Bakersfield with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at California State University - Bakersfield. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Bakersfield. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	124

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Bakersfield.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Nurse Practitioners	13,420	$133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,390	$101,320
Nurse Anesthetists	1,180	$212,210

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.