Nursing at DePaul University

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at DePaul University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 students attend the school each year.

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

DePaul Nursing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Nursing

DePaul Nursing Rankings

There were 33 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #96 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. DePaul does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from DePaul, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from DePaul University with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	106
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at DePaul University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	200
Nursing Practice	33
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	2

Related Majors

• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Public Health

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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses	129,400	$73,890
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900
Nurse Practitioners	5,540	$105,800
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,810	$69,310
Nurse Anesthetists	1,510	$190,500

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
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