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Nursing at Wayne Community College

What traits are you looking for in a school for Nursing, take a look at what Wayne Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wayne Community College is in Goldsboro, NC.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 38 nursing degrees were granted at Wayne Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Wayne Community College

Online coursework is an option at Wayne Community College. Among 3,626 students, 1,451 (40%) studied exclusively online and 886 (24%) took at least some classes online.

Nursing Rankings at Wayne Community College

These rankings give you a sense of how Wayne Community College’s Nursing program against peer institutions.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	North Carolina	#19 of 83
Best Schools (Quality)	North Carolina	#59 of 72
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#76 of 529
Best Value	Nationwide	#232 of 1,878
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#358 of 506
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#1435 of 1,918

Earnings for Nursing Graduates from Wayne Community College

Those who finish Wayne Community College’s Nursing program report the following median earnings (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$52,558
2 years	$52,107
3 years	$54,125
4 years	$61,754
5 years	$67,390

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Nursing graduates from Wayne Community College take home a median $61,754, compared with $37,267 for all Wayne Community College graduates — about 66% higher than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the student demographics for Nursing graduates at Wayne Community College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Nursing graduates at Wayne Community College are 97% women (37) and 3% men (1).

Nursing Associate’s Program at Wayne Community College

Of the 38 associate’s nursing degrees awarded at Wayne Community College, 97% were women (37) and 3% were men (1).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Nursing associate’s degree recipients at Wayne Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	26
Hispanic / Latino	5
Black / African American	5
Asian	2

Minority students account for 32% of Nursing associate’s degree recipients at Wayne Community College, lower than the national average of 44%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Nursing Concentrations at Wayne Community College

This Nursing program at Wayne Community College breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Registered Nursing	38

Highest-Paying Careers for Nursing Graduates

Students who finish Nursing program at Wayne Community College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for Nursing majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Nurse Practitioners	$147,651
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$143,854
Medical and Health Services Managers	$129,557
Registered Nurses	$105,741
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$69,718
Nurse Anesthetists	$66,747
Critical Care Nurses	$65,103
Acute Care Nurses	$56,247
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$52,889
Nurse Midwives	$36,174

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.