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Registered Nursing at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Registered Nursing at University of Alabama at Birmingham

If you plan to study registered nursing, take a look at what University of Alabama at Birmingham has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year.

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

UAB Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing
  • Master’s Degree in Registered Nursing

UAB Registered Nursing Rankings

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Registered Nursing Master’s Program

89% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of registered nursing master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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Of the students who received a registered nursing master's degree from UAB, 76% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 17
Black or African American 73
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 447
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 38

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Registered Nurses 49,490 $59,470
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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