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Nursing at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and approximately 3,165 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from UH Hilo.

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

UH Hilo Nursing Degrees Available

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

UH Hilo Nursing Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at UH Hilo 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
63
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 125
145
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 245
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 322
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 341
356
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 467
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 585
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 675
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 714
Best Nursing Schools 1,042
Most Focused Nursing Schools 1,154
Most Popular Nursing Schools 1,242
Best Value Nursing Schools 1,336

Earnings of UH Hilo Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Hilo is $73,736. This is 17% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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Nursing Student Demographics at UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Nursing Bachelor’s Program

85% Women
87% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 15% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Hilo since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% 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 University of Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 17
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

UH Hilo also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 46
Nursing Practice 8

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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation Jobs in HI Average Salary in HI
Registered Nurses 11,310 $98,080
Medical and Health Services Managers 1,640 $124,970
Nurse Practitioners 410 $120,570
Nursing Instructors and Professors 250 $79,560
Nurse Anesthetists 80 $192,580

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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