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Registered Nursing at William Rainey Harper College

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Registered Nursing at William Rainey Harper College

If you plan to study registered nursing, take a look at what William Rainey Harper College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harper College is located in Palatine, Illinois and approximately 12,199 students attend the school each year.

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.

Harper College Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing

Harper College Registered Nursing Rankings

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Registered Nursing Student Demographics at Harper College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at William Rainey Harper College.

Harper College Registered Nursing Associate’s Program

88% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of registered nursing associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in registered nursing at Harper College are white. Around 54% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Harper College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in registered nursing graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from William Rainey Harper College with a associate's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 20
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 26
White 65
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 IL, the home state for William Rainey Harper College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses 129,400 $73,890
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,810 $69,310

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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