Nursing at Morningside College

Every nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nursing program at Morningside College stacks up to those at other schools.

Morningside is located in Sioux City, Iowa and approximately 2,411 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 26 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from Morningside.

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

Morningside Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Morningside

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Morningside offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Morningside Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at Morningside 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 Morningside 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
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	39
Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	39
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	81
Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	98
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	106
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	120
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	129
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	140
	220
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools	236
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	242
Best Value Nursing Schools	256
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	256
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	271
	277
	438
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	585
Best Nursing Schools	608
Most Focused Nursing Schools	660
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	727
	796
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	834
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	859
Most Popular Nursing Schools	962
	1,460

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Morningside. This makes it the #243 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #272 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Morningside Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Morningside is $58,354. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Morningside

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Morningside College.

Morningside Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 nursing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Morningside, about 15% were men and 85% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Morningside since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Morningside 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 Morningside College with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Morningside Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 39 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Morningside, about 15% were men and 85% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. Morningside does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Morningside, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Morningside College with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Morningside also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 6 students 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Morningside College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	35
Registered Nursing	34
Nursing Practice	6
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	4

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

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 IA, the home state for Morningside College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Registered Nurses	33,770	$59,130
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,670	$85,800
Nurse Practitioners	1,830	$106,290
Nursing Instructors and Professors	760	$80,490
Nurse Anesthetists	320	$209,130

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.