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Registered Nursing at Northwestern College

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

NWC is located in Orange City, Iowa and approximately 1,496 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in registered nursing from NWC.

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.

NWC Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

NWC Registered Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks registered nursing programs across the country. The following shows how NWC performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The registered nursing major at NWC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered 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 Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 174
Best Registered Nursing Schools 247
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 466
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 544
722
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 807
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 1,005
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 1,326
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Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 1,609

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at NWC

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

NWC Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

96% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 4% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at NWC 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 Northwestern College with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 25
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 IA, the home state for Northwestern College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Registered Nurses 33,770 $59,130
Nursing Instructors and Professors 760 $80,490

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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