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Registered Nursing at Wichita State University

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

WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and approximately 14,999 students attend the school each year. Of the 387 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University in 2021, 175 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.

WSU Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at WSU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WSU offers distance education options for registered nursing at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

WSU Registered Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the registered nursing progam at WSU 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 WSU 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
Most Popular Online Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 47
Most Popular Online Registered Nursing Schools 51
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 248
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 316
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 562
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 647
Best Registered Nursing Schools 805
936
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 1,010
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 1,362
1,731

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at WSU

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

WSU Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

85% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The registered nursing program at WSU awarded 175 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women. The typical registered nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at WSU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at WSU 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 Wichita State University with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 24
White 115
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 18

WSU 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 KS, the home state for Wichita State University.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
Registered Nurses 27,810 $61,030
Nursing Instructors and Professors 530 $63,640

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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