Nursing at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 32,293 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 255 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Sac State.

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

Sac State Nursing Degrees Available

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

Sac State Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at Sac State 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 Sac State 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
	12
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
	64
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
	112
Best Nursing Schools	123
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	165
Most Popular Nursing Schools	204
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	210
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	251
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	441
Best Value Nursing Schools	683
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	851
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,635

In 2021, 61 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Sac State. This makes it the #165 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from Sac State Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $105,852. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 68% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 255 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in nursing from Sac State in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Sac State since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 - Sacramento with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	64
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	107
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Sac State Nursing Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students earned a master's degree in nursing from Sac State. About 90% of these graduates were women and the other 10% were men.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	316

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Health Sciences & Services
• Public Health
• Communication Sciences

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 - Sacramento.

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 Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.