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Nursing at New Mexico Highlands University

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

New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and approximately 2,777 students attend the school each year. Of the 116 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico Highlands University in 2021, 35 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.

New Mexico Highlands University Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at New Mexico Highlands University

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? New Mexico Highlands University offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

New Mexico Highlands University Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at New Mexico Highlands University 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 New Mexico Highlands University 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools 95
Most Popular Online Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 128
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools 162
383
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 583
Best Value Nursing Schools 604
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 698
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 795
Best Nursing Schools 847
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Most Focused Nursing Schools 1,487
Most Popular Nursing Schools 1,570

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from New Mexico Highlands University Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at New Mexico Highlands University is $73,248. This is 16% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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Nursing Student Demographics at New Mexico Highlands University

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

New Mexico Highlands University Nursing Bachelor’s Program

77% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from New Mexico Highlands University. About 77% of these graduates were women and the other 23% were men. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at New Mexico Highlands University since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Mexico Highlands University with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

New Mexico Highlands University also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 0 student 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Mexico Highlands University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 35

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 NM, the home state for New Mexico Highlands University.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Registered Nurses 16,730 $71,730
Medical and Health Services Managers 1,640 $122,650
Nurse Practitioners 980 $109,810
Nurse Midwives 110 $97,930
Nursing Instructors and Professors 80 $64,660

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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