Nursing at St. Thomas University

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

STU is located in Miami Gardens, Florida and has a total student population of 5,601. Of the 113 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from St. Thomas University in 2021, 106 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.

STU Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at STU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? STU offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

STU Nursing Rankings

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

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 nursing major at STU 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 Popular Online Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools	95
Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	102
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	112
Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	150
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	171
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	275
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	275
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	325
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	382
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	382
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	446
Most Focused Nursing Schools	492
Most Popular Nursing Schools	503

In 2021, 58 students received their master’s degree in nursing from STU. This makes it the #171 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #383 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at STU

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

STU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 106 nursing majors earned their bachelor's degree from STU. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 St. Thomas University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	55
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

STU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. STU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from St. Thomas University with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

STU 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 St. Thomas University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	164

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Mental & Social Health Services

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 FL, the home state for St. Thomas University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Registered Nurses	177,600	$66,210
Nurse Practitioners	10,590	$101,100
Nurse Anesthetists	2,180	$177,390
Nurse Midwives	330	$88,060

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 Mulad under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.