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Nursing at University of Northwestern - St Paul

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

Northwestern is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 3,506 students attend the school each year. Of the 87 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Northwestern - St Paul in 2021, 76 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.

Northwestern Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Northwestern Nursing Rankings

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

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 Northwestern 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
341
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 381
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 468
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 555
Best Nursing Schools 675
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 754
778
Most Focused Nursing Schools 855
Most Popular Nursing Schools 984
Best Value Nursing Schools 1,631

Earnings of Northwestern Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northwestern is $66,488. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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Nursing Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of Northwestern - St Paul.

Northwestern Nursing Bachelor’s Program

84% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 76 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from Northwestern in 2020-2021, 16% were men and 84% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Northwestern 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 University of Northwestern - St Paul with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 61
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Northwestern 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 University of Northwestern - St Paul. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 76

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 MN, the home state for University of Northwestern - St Paul.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Registered Nurses 69,000 $78,920
Medical and Health Services Managers 8,220 $110,490
Nurse Practitioners 3,880 $119,160
Nurse Anesthetists 1,920 $188,130

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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