Nursing at Alaska Pacific University

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

Alaska Pacific is located in Anchorage, Alaska and approximately 493 students attend the school each year.

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

Alaska Pacific Nursing Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Alaska Pacific Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Alaska Pacific is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Nursing Student Demographics at Alaska Pacific

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

Alaska Pacific Nursing Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

Alaska Pacific does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Alaska Pacific Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Alaska Pacific University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing Practice	3

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Public Health

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 AK, the home state for Alaska Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Registered Nurses	5,730	$89,310
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,100	$114,670
Nurse Practitioners	440	$122,880
Nurse Midwives	70	$85,210
Nurse Anesthetists	60	$187,690

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
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