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Registered Nursing at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 students received a bachelor's degree in registered nursing from PLU.

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.

PLU Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

PLU Registered Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the registered nursing progam at PLU 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 registered nursing major at PLU 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 235
256
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 269
Best Registered Nursing Schools 330
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 463
580
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 589
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 750
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 856
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 1,627

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at PLU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Pacific Lutheran University.

PLU Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 94 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Registered Nursing from PLU in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

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About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at PLU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its registered nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 19
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 49
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

PLU 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Registered Nurses 56,290 $82,670
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,080 $77,540

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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