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Nursing at University of Maryland Global Campus

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if University of Maryland Global Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 248 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from UMGC.

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

UMGC Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree

UMGC Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at UMGC 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 UMGC 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 Online Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 27
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools 41
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 57
119
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 146
284
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 287
Most Popular Nursing Schools 294
Best Nursing Schools 422
Best Value Nursing Schools 500
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 970
Most Focused Nursing Schools 1,913

Earnings of UMGC Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMGC is $78,682. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 25% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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Nursing Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC Nursing Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 248 students earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from UMGC. About 89% of these graduates were women and the other 11% were men.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 86
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 108
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 30

UMGC also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 0 student 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 Maryland Global Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 248

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Registered Nurses 54,080 $76,820
Medical and Health Services Managers 11,210 $127,080
Nurse Practitioners 3,710 $115,060
Nursing Instructors and Professors 870 $92,980
Nurse Anesthetists 290 $191,160

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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