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Nursing at Tennessee Wesleyan University

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

TWU is located in Athens, Tennessee and approximately 1,116 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 97 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from TWU.

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

TWU Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

TWU Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how TWU performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at TWU 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
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 112
Most Focused Nursing Schools 304
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 476
Most Popular Nursing Schools 811

Nursing Student Demographics at TWU

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

TWU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

90% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The nursing program at TWU awarded 97 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 10% of these degrees went to men with the other 90% going to women.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at TWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 83
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

TWU 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 Tennessee Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 97

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 TN, the home state for Tennessee Wesleyan University.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Registered Nurses 60,360 $61,320
Medical and Health Services Managers 10,320 $101,550
Nurse Practitioners 7,010 $95,990
Nurse Anesthetists 2,190 $150,880
Nursing Instructors and Professors 910 $75,300

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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