Nursing at Howard Community College
HCC is located in Columbia, Maryland and approximately 9,566 students attend the school each year.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.
HCC Nursing Degrees Available
- Associate’s Degree in Nursing
HCC Nursing Rankings
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.
Nursing Student Demographics at HCC
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Howard Community College.
HCC Nursing Associate’s Program
HCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard Community College with a associate's in nursing.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 24 |
Black or African American | 71 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 |
White | 48 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
Concentrations Within Nursing
The following nursing concentations are available at Howard Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Howard Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Registered Nursing | 167 |
Related Majors
- Health & Medical Administrative Services
- Public Health
- Dental Support Services
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
- Allied Health & Medical Assisting 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 MD, the home state for Howard Community College.
Occupation | Jobs in MD | Average Salary in MD |
---|---|---|
Registered Nurses | 54,080 | $76,820 |
Medical and Health Services Managers | 11,210 | $127,080 |
Nurse Practitioners | 3,710 | $115,060 |
Nursing Instructors and Professors | 870 | $92,980 |
Nurse Anesthetists | 290 | $191,160 |
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.