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Nursing at St Olaf College

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

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,953. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from St. Olaf.

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

St. Olaf Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

St. Olaf Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at St. Olaf 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 St. Olaf 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
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 146
Best Nursing Schools 225
574
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 882
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 887
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 896
1,200
Best Value Nursing Schools 1,727
Most Popular Nursing Schools 1,762
Most Focused Nursing Schools 1,783

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from St. Olaf Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at St. Olaf is $62,389. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing students.

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Nursing Student Demographics at St. Olaf

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

St. Olaf Nursing Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from St. Olaf. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 12
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

St. Olaf 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 St Olaf College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 24

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 MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Registered Nurses 69,000 $78,920
Medical and Health Services Managers 8,220 $110,490
Nurse Practitioners 3,880 $119,160
Nurse Anesthetists 1,920 $188,130

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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