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Nursing at Southwest Texas Junior College

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

Southwest Texas Junior College is located in Uvalde, Texas and approximately 6,480 students attend the school each year.

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

Southwest Texas Junior College Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

Southwest Texas Junior College Nursing Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Nursing Student Demographics at Southwest Texas Junior College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Southwest Texas Junior College.

Southwest Texas Junior College Nursing Associate’s Program

71% Women
95% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Southwest Texas Junior College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 16% more women than average.

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Southwest Texas Junior College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 59% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 34
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Southwest Texas Junior College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 38

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 TX, the home state for Southwest Texas Junior College.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Registered Nurses 210,350 $72,890
Medical and Health Services Managers 30,010 $105,450
Nurse Practitioners 12,020 $111,060
Nurse Anesthetists 6,140 $158,510
Nursing Instructors and Professors 3,900 $71,780

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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