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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Samford University

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Samford University

What traits are you looking for in a psychiatric/mental health nursing school? To help you decide if Samford University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychiatric/mental health nursing program.

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 5,729.

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

Samford Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at Samford

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.

Samford does offer online education options in psychiatric/mental health nursing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Master’s Degree

Samford Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Student Demographics at Samford

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychiatric/mental health nursing majors at Samford University.

Samford Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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Of the students who received a psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degree from Samford, 67% 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 Samford University with a master's in psychiatric/mental health nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health 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 AL, the home state for Samford University.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Registered Nurses 49,490 $59,470
Nurse Practitioners 3,680 $95,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,330 $66,670

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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