Nursing at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 237 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from SDSU.

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

SDSU Nursing Degrees Available

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

SDSU Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how SDSU 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 SDSU 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
	64
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Best Nursing Schools	162
	166
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	245
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	445
Best Value Nursing Schools	797

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in nursing from SDSU. This makes it the #446 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SDSU Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $89,225. This is 42% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 237 nursing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SDSU, about 19% were men and 81% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at SDSU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	60
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	82
White	68
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

SDSU Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a master’s in nursing from SDSU in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from SDSU, 58% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SDSU 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 San Diego State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	249

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services
• Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Allied Health Professions
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• 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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.