Nursing at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 367 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from UAB.

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

UAB Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UAB

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAB offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

UAB Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at UAB 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 UAB 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 Popular Nursing Schools	19
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools	103
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	279
	352
Most Focused Nursing Schools	469
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	475
Best Nursing Schools	661
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	702
	921
	1,357

In 2021, 686 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UAB. This makes it the #8 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 98 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from UAB Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $54,481. This is less than $62,880, which is the national average of all nursing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Nursing Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Nursing Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 367 students earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from UAB. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 12% were men.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UAB 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	63
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	254
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UAB Nursing Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 686 students earned a master's degree in nursing from UAB. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UAB, 77% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	89
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	525
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

UAB also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 98 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alabama at Birmingham. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	1,053
Nursing Practice	92
Nursing Science	6

Related Majors

• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Health Sciences & Services
• Mental & Social Health Services

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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Registered Nurses	49,490	$59,470
Nurse Practitioners	3,680	$95,970
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,240	$101,560
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,330	$66,670
Nurse Anesthetists	1,240	$161,780

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.