Nursing at Wagner College

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if Wagner College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

Wagner is located in Staten Island, New York and approximately 2,070 students attend the school each year. Of the 222 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wagner College in 2021, 145 of them were nursing majors.

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

Wagner Nursing Degrees Available

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

Wagner Nursing Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Wagner 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
	4
	8
	14
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	41
	41
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	51
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	54
	59
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	67
Best Nursing Schools	90
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	105
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	136
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	144
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	147
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	179
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	181
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	238
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	247
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	271
Most Focused Nursing Schools	278
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	321
Most Popular Nursing Schools	371
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	669
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,344

In 2021, 56 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Wagner. This makes it the #179 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #272 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Wagner Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wagner is $98,065. This is 56% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at Wagner

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

Wagner Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 145 nursing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Wagner, about 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Wagner 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 Wagner College with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	97
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Wagner Nursing Master’s Program

The nursing program at Wagner awarded 56 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 9% of these degrees went to men with the other 91% going to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Wagner, 64% 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 Wagner College with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Wagner also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Wagner College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	145
Nursing Science	56
Nursing Practice	7

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services
• Allied Health Professions

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 NY, the home state for Wagner College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Nurse Practitioners	13,710	$120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,380	$91,900
Nurse Anesthetists	1,770	$191,130

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 Parent5446 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.