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Nursing & Nursing Assistants at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield

If you plan to study Nursing & Nursing Assistants, you may want to check out the program at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield. Get started with the following essential facts.

San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield is in Bakersfield, CA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 67 nursing & nursing assistants degrees were awarded at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield.

Online & Distance Learning at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield

Many students take online classes at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield. Of 798 students, 0 (0%) studied exclusively online and 245 (31%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduates from San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield

Graduates of San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield’s Nursing & Nursing Assistants program earn at the following median levels (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$42,396
2 years	$41,441
3 years	$42,808
4 years	$47,442
5 years	$59,073

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? At the four-year mark, Nursing & Nursing Assistants graduates from San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield take home a median $47,442, compared with $44,944 for all San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield graduates — about 6% higher than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

Median student loan debt for Nursing & Nursing Assistants graduates from San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield comes in at $20,000.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Nursing & Nursing Assistants graduates at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield, by degree type.

Across all degree levels, Nursing & Nursing Assistants graduates at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield are 82% women (55) and 18% men (12).

Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate’s Program at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield

Among the 67 associate’s nursing & nursing assistants degrees awarded at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield, 82% were women (55) and 18% were men (12).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Nursing & Nursing Assistants associate’s degree recipients at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	4
Hispanic / Latino	48
Black / African American	5
Asian	7
American Indian / Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	1
Two or More Races	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 94% of Nursing & Nursing Assistants associate’s degree recipients at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield, higher than the national average of 74%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Nursing & Nursing Assistants Concentrations at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield

This Nursing & Nursing Assistants program at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Licensed Practical Nursing	67

Top-Paying Careers for Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduates

Graduates of the Nursing & Nursing Assistants program at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield pursue many career paths. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Nursing & Nursing Assistants majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$118,810
Nursing Assistants	$27,058

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.