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Nursing at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and approximately 21,974 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received their master's degree in nursing.

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

Excelsior College Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

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? Excelsior College offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

Excelsior College Nursing Rankings

Nursing Student Demographics at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College Nursing Master’s Program

70% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 30 students who earned a master's degree in Nursing from Excelsior College in 2020-2021, 30% were men and 70% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. Excelsior College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Excelsior College, 57% 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 9% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NY, the home state for Excelsior College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Registered Nurses 182,490 $85,610
Medical and Health Services Managers 25,830 $143,030
Nurse Practitioners 13,710 $120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,380 $91,900
Nurse Anesthetists 1,770 $191,130

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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