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Nursing at El Paso Community College

If you plan to study Nursing, you may want to check out the program at El Paso Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

El Paso Community College sits in El Paso, TX.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 205 nursing graduations were recorded at El Paso Community College.

Online Class Availability at El Paso Community College

Distance learning is available at El Paso Community College. Of 25,567 students, 4,728 (18%) studied exclusively online and 13,520 (53%) took at least some classes online.

Nursing Rankings at El Paso Community College

Use these rankings to compare El Paso Community College’s Nursing program against other schools offering the same major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	Texas	#8 of 106
Best Value	Southwest (Region)	#10 of 183
Best Schools (Quality)	Texas	#54 of 111
Best Schools (Quality)	Southwest (Region)	#81 of 192
Best Value	Nationwide	#94 of 1,878
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#688 of 1,918

Earnings for Nursing Graduates from El Paso Community College

Graduates of El Paso Community College’s Nursing program earn at the following median levels (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$59,530
2 years	$59,253
3 years	$58,353
4 years	$67,667
5 years	$75,898

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? At the four-year mark, Nursing graduates from El Paso Community College report median earnings of $67,667, compared with $33,163 for all El Paso Community College graduates — about 104% higher than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

Median student loan debt for Nursing graduates from El Paso Community College stands at $17,500.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the student demographics for Nursing graduates at El Paso Community College, by degree type.

Looking at the program as a whole, Nursing graduates at El Paso Community College are 87% women (178) and 13% men (27).

Nursing Associate’s Program at El Paso Community College

Of the 126 associate’s nursing graduates at El Paso Community College, 88% were women (111) and 12% were men (15).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Nursing associate’s degree recipients at El Paso Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	13
Hispanic / Latino	104
Black / African American	5
Asian	1
American Indian / Alaska Native	1
International (Nonresident)	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 88% of Nursing associate’s degree recipients at El Paso Community College, above the national average of 44%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Nursing Concentrations at El Paso Community College

This Nursing program at El Paso Community College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
Registered Nursing	205

Highest-Paying Careers for Nursing Graduates

Graduates of the Nursing program at El Paso Community College work across a variety of fields. Below are the best-paid careers for Nursing majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Nurse Practitioners	$147,651
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$143,854
Medical and Health Services Managers	$129,557
Registered Nurses	$105,741
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$69,718
Nurse Anesthetists	$66,747
Critical Care Nurses	$65,103
Acute Care Nurses	$56,247
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$52,889
Nurse Midwives	$36,174

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.