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Nursing at Santa Ana College

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

SAC is located in Santa Ana, California and has a total student population of 20,118.

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

SAC Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

SAC Nursing 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.

Nursing Student Demographics at SAC

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

SAC Nursing Associate’s Program

75% Women
82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at SAC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 12% more women than average.

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SAC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 26
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 39
White 13
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 Santa Ana College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 83

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 Santa Ana 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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