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Nursing at University of Alabama in Huntsville

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

UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and has a total student population of 9,999. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 171 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.

UAH Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UAH

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

  • Master’s Degree

UAH Nursing Rankings

There were 37 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #84 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at UAH

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

UAH Nursing Master’s Program

88% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 171 students graduated with a master's degree in nursing from UAH. About 12% were men and 88% were women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UAH, 77% 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 in Huntsville with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 131
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 18

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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Registered Nurses 49,490 $59,470
Nurse Practitioners 3,680 $95,970
Medical and Health Services Managers 3,240 $101,560
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,330 $66,670
Nurse Anesthetists 1,240 $161,780

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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