Nursing at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 253 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from UCONN.

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

UCONN Nursing Degrees Available

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

UCONN Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at UCONN compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UCONN 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
	81
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	90
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	141
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	173
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	211
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	267
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	306
	308
	339
	731
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	868

In 2021, 57 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UCONN. This makes it the #173 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #163 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UCONN Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCONN is $70,444. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Nursing Bachelor’s Program

The nursing program at UCONN awarded 253 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UCONN 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	186
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UCONN Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 57 students who earned a master's degree in Nursing from UCONN in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. UCONN does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UCONN, 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 Connecticut with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	44
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCONN also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 18 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	253
Nursing Practice	70
Nursing Science	5
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	5
Palliative Care Nursing	3
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	2
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing	2

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Registered Nurses	31,400	$81,220
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,510	$129,480
Nurse Practitioners	2,340	$118,020
Nurse Anesthetists	650	$190,480
Nursing Instructors and Professors	630	$101,760

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.