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Nursing at Oklahoma Panhandle State University

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

OPSU is located in Goodwell, Oklahoma and approximately 1,337 students attend the school each year. Of the 125 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma Panhandle State University in 2021, 125 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.

OPSU Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at OPSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, OPSU does offer online courses in nursing for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

OPSU Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how OPSU 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 OPSU 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 16
Most Popular Online Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 73
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools 85
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 88
Best Value Nursing Schools 218
Most Focused Nursing Schools 255
327
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 333
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 378
Best Nursing Schools 484
Most Popular Nursing Schools 644
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Earnings of OPSU Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at OPSU is $66,755. 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 OPSU

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

OPSU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

90% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 125 nursing majors earned their bachelor's degree from OPSU. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women.

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About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at OPSU 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 Oklahoma Panhandle State University with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 82
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 26

OPSU 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 Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 125

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 Panhandle State 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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