Nursing at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from EWU.

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

EWU Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

EWU Nursing Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at EWU 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
	135
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	304
	323
Best Nursing Schools	441
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	726
Most Popular Nursing Schools	1,390
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,951

Nursing Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 nursing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from EWU, about 13% were men and 87% were women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at EWU 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 Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	45

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Health Sciences & Services
• Public Health
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Mental & Social Health 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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Registered Nurses	56,290	$82,670
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,950	$117,970
Nurse Practitioners	3,430	$117,650
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,080	$77,540
Nurse Anesthetists	730	$195,610

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.