Nursing at New Jersey City University

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what New Jersey City University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NJCU is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and has a total student population of 7,550. Of the 231 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Jersey City University in 2021, 181 of them were nursing majors.

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

NJCU Nursing Degrees Available

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

NJCU Nursing Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at NJCU 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
	77
	95
	219
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	251
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	299
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	319
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	367
Best Nursing Schools	439
Most Popular Nursing Schools	440
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	441
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	448
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	534
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	541
Most Focused Nursing Schools	820
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,243

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in nursing from NJCU. This makes it the #535 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NJCU Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at NJCU is $79,771. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 27% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at NJCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at New Jersey City University.

NJCU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 181 students earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from NJCU. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at NJCU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Jersey City University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	45
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	58
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

NJCU Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 4 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NJCU, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at New Jersey City University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at New Jersey City University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	126
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	59

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Health Sciences & 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 NJ, the home state for New Jersey City University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Registered Nurses	79,530	$82,750
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,260	$116,750
Nurse Practitioners	5,900	$122,100
Nursing Instructors and Professors	2,000	$89,950
Nurse Midwives	180	$113,980

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 Stepanstas under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.