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Registered Nursing at University of Nevada - Reno

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

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 167 registered nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from UNR.

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

UNR Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

UNR Registered Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks registered nursing programs across the country. The following shows how UNR performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The registered nursing major at UNR is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered 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 Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 257
Best Registered Nursing Schools 327
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 382
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 402
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 781
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 1,583

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The registered nursing program at UNR awarded 167 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women. The typical registered nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UNR since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at UNR are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its registered 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 Nevada - Reno with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 22
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 29
White 94
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 20

UNR also has a doctoral program available in registered nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
Registered Nurses 22,560 $85,620
Nursing Instructors and Professors 480 $76,120

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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