Nursing at Salve Regina University

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if Salve Regina University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

Salve Regina is located in Newport, Rhode Island and approximately 2,771 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Salve Regina.

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

Salve Regina Nursing Degrees Available

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

Salve Regina Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at Salve Regina 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 Salve Regina 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	83
	114
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	139
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	161
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	245
	290
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	308
	333
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	404
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	426
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	461
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	499
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	546
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	662
	702
Most Focused Nursing Schools	780
Most Popular Nursing Schools	836
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	967
Best Nursing Schools	1,012
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,634

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Salve Regina. This makes it the #500 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #246 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Salve Regina Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Salve Regina is $67,840. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at Salve Regina

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

Salve Regina Nursing Bachelor’s Program

The nursing program at Salve Regina awarded 79 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 4% of these degrees went to men with the other 96% going to women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Salve Regina 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 Salve Regina University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	72
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Salve Regina Nursing Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in nursing from Salve Regina. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Salve Regina, 71% 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 Salve Regina University with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Salve Regina also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Salve Regina University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	79
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	15

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative 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 RI, the home state for Salve Regina University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Registered Nurses	12,630	$78,420
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,660	$128,660
Nurse Practitioners	690	$109,290
Nursing Instructors and Professors	270	$78,450
Nurse Midwives	50	$107,700

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.