Nursing at University of Mississippi

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at University of Mississippi. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and has a total student population of 21,014. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 292 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Ole Miss.

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

Ole Miss Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Ole Miss

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

Ole Miss Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at Ole Miss 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 Ole Miss 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	167
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools	211
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	226
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	320
	422
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	468
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,396
	1,506

In 2021, 62 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Ole Miss. This makes it the #162 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #227 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from Ole Miss Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ole Miss is $56,141. 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 Ole Miss

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

Ole Miss Nursing Bachelor’s Program

The nursing program at Ole Miss awarded 292 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 13% of these degrees went to men with the other 87% going to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Ole Miss 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 Mississippi with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	50
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	209
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Ole Miss Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 62 students who earned a master's degree in Nursing from Ole Miss in 2020-2021, 3% were men and 97% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Ole Miss, 85% 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 Mississippi with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	53
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ole Miss also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 10 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Mississippi. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	292
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	62
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	18
Nursing Practice	8
Nursing Science	2

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Medical Science
• Public Health
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

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 MS, the home state for University of Mississippi.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Registered Nurses	29,860	$58,490
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,010	$94,800
Nurse Practitioners	2,930	$109,700
Nursing Instructors and Professors	570	$73,840
Nurse Anesthetists	310	$163,320

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 Dudemanfellabra under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.