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15 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
3,649 Master's Degrees Annually
#113 in Popularity

Types of Degrees Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many nursing education graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level Number of Grads
Master’s Degree 3,416
Graduate Certificate 209
Doctor’s Degree 132
Associate Degree 69
Basic Certificate 33
Bachelor’s Degree 13
Undergraduate Certificate 9

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in ?

13 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
92% Percent Women
54% Percent Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This major is dominated by women with about 92% of recent graduates being female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of nursing education majors is as follows:

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Online Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level Colleges Offering Programs Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year) 0 0
Certificate (1-2 years) 2 0
Certificate (2-4 Years) 0 0
Associate’s Degree 4 0
Bachelor’s Degree 55 28
Post-Baccalaureate 0 0
Master’s Degree 168 81
Post-Master’s 106 0
Doctor’s Degree (Research) 11 6
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice) 2 2
Doctor’s Degree (Other) 0 0

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Major Number of Grads
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 693
Medical/Health Humanities 323
Health Professions Education 48
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Other) 30
Arts in Medicine/Health 4
History of Medicine 1

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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