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Nursing at University of Southern Indiana

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

USI is located in Evansville, Indiana and has a total student population of 10,203. In 2021, 220 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from USI.

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

USI Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at USI

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, USI does offer online courses in nursing for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

USI Nursing Rankings

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

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 USI 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 Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 65
Most Popular Online Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 79
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 174
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 182
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 208
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Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 305
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 322
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 341
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 364
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 424
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Most Focused Nursing Schools 635
Best Value Nursing Schools 1,081

In 2021, 89 students received their master’s degree in nursing from USI. This makes it the #108 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #306 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of USI Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at USI is $56,420. This is less than $62,880, which is the national average of all nursing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Nursing Student Demographics at USI

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

USI Nursing Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at USI 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 Southern Indiana with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 202
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

USI Nursing Master’s Program

88% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 89 nursing majors earned their master's degree from USI. Of these graduates, 12% were men and 88% were women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from USI, 88% 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 Southern Indiana with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 78
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

USI also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 4 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern Indiana. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 111
Registered Nursing 109
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 55
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 20
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 18
Nursing Administration 8
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 7
Nursing Practice 3
Clinical Nurse Specialist 1

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 IN, the home state for University of Southern Indiana.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Registered Nurses 67,870 $64,860
Medical and Health Services Managers 7,350 $101,720
Nurse Practitioners 4,780 $103,200
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,350 $76,280
Nurse Anesthetists 690 $156,580

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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