Nursing at University of Central Arkansas

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

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,335. Of the 387 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Arkansas in 2021, 138 of them were nursing majors.

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

UCA Nursing Degrees Available

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

UCA Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how UCA 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 UCA 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 Master’s Degree Schools	187
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	238
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	248
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	258
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	279
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	296
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	339
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	343
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	346
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	360
Most Popular Nursing Schools	419
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	650
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	755
Best Value Nursing Schools	947
Best Nursing Schools	1,092
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,134

In 2021, 52 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UCA. This makes it the #188 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #347 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from UCA Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCA is $56,174. 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 UCA

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

UCA Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 138 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from UCA in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UCA since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UCA 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 Central Arkansas with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	103
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UCA Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 52 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UCA, about 12% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UCA, 81% 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 Central Arkansas with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCA also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 2 students 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 University of Central Arkansas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	191
Nursing Practice	2

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Other Health Professions
• Communication Sciences

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 AR, the home state for University of Central Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Registered Nurses	25,380	$60,780
Medical and Health Services Managers	4,900	$85,290
Nurse Practitioners	1,900	$104,300
Nursing Instructors and Professors	650	$54,920
Nurse Anesthetists	360	$186,970

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 Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.