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Nursing at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and approximately 857 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 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.

Wheeling University Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at Wheeling University

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

  • Master’s Degree

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Nursing Student Demographics at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University Nursing Master’s Program

92% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 24 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Wheeling University, about 8% were men and 92% were women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Wheeling University, 79% 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 Wheeling University with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 WV, the home state for Wheeling University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Registered Nurses 19,930 $61,780
Medical and Health Services Managers 1,610 $110,130
Nurse Practitioners 1,080 $100,690
Nursing Instructors and Professors 400 $58,530
Nurse Midwives 30 $113,720

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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