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Registered Nursing at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 students attend the school each year. Of the 450 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Dakota in 2021, 198 of them were registered nursing majors.

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.

USD Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

USD Registered Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the registered nursing progam at USD 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 registered nursing major at USD 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
Best Registered Nursing Schools 535
Most Popular Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools 1,051
1,473

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 198 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in registered nursing from USD. About 12% were men and 88% were women.

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About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at USD 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 South Dakota with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 169
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

USD 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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Registered Nurses 12,760 $58,340
Nursing Instructors and Professors 250 $67,410

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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