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Nursing at Barton College

If you are interested in studying Nursing, consider the program at Barton College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Barton College sits in Wilson, NC.

During the most recent reporting year, 38 nursing graduations were recorded at Barton College.

Online & Distance Learning at Barton College

Many students take online classes at Barton College. Of 1,235 students, 254 (21%) studied exclusively online and 703 (57%) took at least some classes online.

Nursing Rankings at Barton College

Use these rankings to compare Barton College’s Nursing program against peer institutions.

Master’s-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	North Carolina	#51 of 72
Best Value	North Carolina	#77 of 83
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#307 of 506
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#442 of 529
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#1278 of 1,918
Best Value	Nationwide	#1524 of 1,878

Earnings for Nursing Graduates from Barton College

Graduates of Barton College’s Nursing program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$59,475
2 years	$59,781
3 years	$60,996
4 years	$66,223
5 years	$70,203

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Nursing graduates from Barton College take home a median $66,223, compared with $42,861 for all Barton College graduates — about 55% higher than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

The median debt for Nursing graduates from Barton College comes in at $27,761.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Nursing graduates at Barton College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Nursing graduates at Barton College are 87% women (33) and 13% men (5).

Nursing Bachelor’s Program at Barton College

Among the 38 bachelor’s nursing graduates at Barton College, 87% were women (33) and 13% were men (5).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Nursing bachelor’s degree recipients at Barton College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	24
Hispanic / Latino	8
Black / African American	4
Unknown	2

Minority students account for 32% of Nursing bachelor’s degree recipients at Barton College, lower than the national average of 43%.*

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

More Specific Nursing Concentrations at Barton College

The Nursing program at Barton College breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Registered Nursing	38

Best-Paid Careers for Nursing Graduates

Students who finish Nursing program at Barton College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the highest-paying 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.