Nursing at University of Memphis

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

UofM is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 22,205. Of the 304 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Memphis in 2021, 304 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.

UofM Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UofM

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? UofM offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UofM Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how UofM 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 UofM 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	18
Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	73
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	79
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	99
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	173
	199
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	214
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	254
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	266
	397
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	429
Best Nursing Schools	617
	698
Best Value Nursing Schools	729
	1,370

In 2021, 101 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UofM. This makes it the #99 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UofM Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UofM is $59,957. 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 UofM

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

UofM Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 304 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in nursing from UofM in 2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UofM are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Memphis with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	75
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	185
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

UofM Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UofM, 66% 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 Memphis with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	67
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UofM 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 Memphis. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	405
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	2

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Public Health

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 TN, the home state for University of Memphis.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Registered Nurses	60,360	$61,320
Medical and Health Services Managers	10,320	$101,550
Nurse Practitioners	7,010	$95,990
Nurse Anesthetists	2,190	$150,880
Nursing Instructors and Professors	910	$75,300

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 BenSherman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.