Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from UT Austin.

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

UT Austin Nursing Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at UT Austin 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 UT Austin 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	54
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	66
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	103
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
	135
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	138
	172
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	176
Best Nursing Schools	187
Most Popular Nursing Schools	303
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	508
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,252
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,944

In 2021, 70 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UT Austin. This makes it the #138 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 31 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #103 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from UT Austin Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $65,164. This is 4% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Nursing Bachelor’s Program

The nursing program at UT Austin awarded 138 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	47
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UT Austin Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 70 students who graduated with a master’s in nursing from UT Austin in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. UT Austin does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UT Austin, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	46
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 31 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at The University of Texas at Austin. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Austin. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	138
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	36
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	28
Nursing Practice	25
Clinical Nurse Specialist	10
Nursing Science	6

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Medicine

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 The University of Texas at Austin.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.