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Nursing at Sacred Heart University

Every nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nursing program at Sacred Heart University stacks up to those at other schools.

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and has a total student population of 9,313. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 190 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.

Sacred Heart Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at Sacred Heart

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

Sacred Heart Nursing Rankings

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #110 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Nursing Master’s Program

88% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 190 students who earned a master's degree in Nursing from Sacred Heart in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Sacred Heart, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 121
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 39

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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Registered Nurses 31,400 $81,220
Medical and Health Services Managers 5,510 $129,480
Nurse Practitioners 2,340 $118,020
Nurse Anesthetists 650 $190,480
Nursing Instructors and Professors 630 $101,760

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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