Nursing at Oklahoma City University

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at Oklahoma City University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

OCU is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and approximately 2,617 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 126 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from OCU.

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

OCU Nursing Degrees Available

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

OCU Nursing Rankings

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

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 nursing major at OCU 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
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	108
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	119
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	150
	179
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	229
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	232
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	340
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	371
	372
Most Focused Nursing Schools	434
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	435
Most Popular Nursing Schools	515
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	515
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	547
	597
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	695
Best Nursing Schools	740
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,426
	1,541

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in nursing from OCU. This makes it the #548 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #108 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from OCU Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at OCU is $62,628. This is less than $62,880, which is the national average of all nursing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Nursing Student Demographics at OCU

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

OCU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

The nursing program at OCU awarded 126 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at OCU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Oklahoma City University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	65
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

OCU Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 3 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from OCU, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from OCU, 67% 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 Oklahoma 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	0

OCU also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 30 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at Oklahoma City University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oklahoma City University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	131
Nursing Practice	25
Nursing Administration	3

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions

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 OK, the home state for Oklahoma City University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Registered Nurses	29,330	$63,080
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,450	$90,680
Nurse Practitioners	1,590	$103,280
Nursing Instructors and Professors	520	$59,070
Nurse Anesthetists	250	$176,780

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 Matthew Rutledge under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.