Nursing at University of San Francisco

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

USFCA is located in San Francisco, California and has a total student population of 10,068. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 233 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from USFCA.

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

USFCA Nursing Degrees Available

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

USFCA Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how USFCA 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 nursing major at USFCA 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
	15
	26
	41
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	47
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	48
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	50
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	53
	57
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	64
Most Popular Nursing Schools	102
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	105
Best Nursing Schools	116
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	132
	147
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	158
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	159
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	186
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	238
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	268
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	315
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	542
Most Focused Nursing Schools	638
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	761
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,336

In 2021, 186 students received their master’s degree in nursing from USFCA. This makes it the #50 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 46 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #64 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from USFCA Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at USFCA is $91,668. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 46% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at USFCA

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

USFCA Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 233 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from USFCA in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at USFCA since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 San Francisco with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	91
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	61
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

USFCA Nursing Master’s Program

The nursing program at USFCA awarded 186 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. USFCA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of San Francisco with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	66
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

USFCA also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 46 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 San Francisco. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	266
Clinical Nurse Specialist	186
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	14

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• 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 CA, the home state for University of San Francisco.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Nurse Practitioners	13,420	$133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,390	$101,320
Nurse Anesthetists	1,180	$212,210

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 Eric Chan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.