Nursing at Sonoma State University

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

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and approximately 8,018 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 59 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from SSU.

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

SSU Nursing Degrees Available

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

SSU Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at SSU 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 SSU 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
	3
	18
	33
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	56
Best Nursing Schools	89
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	143
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	275
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	275
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	290
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	351
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	625
Best Value Nursing Schools	661
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	878
Most Popular Nursing Schools	881
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,584

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in nursing from SSU. This makes it the #291 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SSU Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at SSU is $110,859. This is 76% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at SSU

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

SSU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 nursing majors earned their bachelor's degree from SSU. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at SSU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Sonoma State University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SSU Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a master’s in nursing from SSU in 2021, 13% were men and 87% were women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SSU 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Sonoma State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	89

Related Majors

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 Sonoma 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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.