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Nursing at Rio Hondo College

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

RHCCD is located in Whittier, California and has a total student population of 15,692.

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

RHCCD Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

RHCCD Nursing Rankings

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Nursing Student Demographics at RHCCD

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

RHCCD Nursing Associate’s Program

63% Women
88% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at RHCCD may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 24% more women than average.

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RHCCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rio Hondo College with a associate's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 16
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 29
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rio Hondo College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 56

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 CA, the home state for Rio Hondo College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Registered Nurses 294,510 $106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers 34,510 $125,770
Nurse Practitioners 13,420 $133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors 3,390 $101,320
Nurse Anesthetists 1,180 $212,210

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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