Nursing at Arizona Western College

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

AWC is located in Yuma, Arizona and has a total student population of 6,487.

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

AWC Nursing Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Nursing

AWC Nursing Rankings

Nursing Student Demographics at AWC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Arizona Western College.

AWC Nursing Associate’s Program

70% Women

69% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at AWC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 16% more women than average.

AWC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Arizona Western College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	61

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 AZ, the home state for Arizona Western College.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Registered Nurses	54,690	$77,000
Medical and Health Services Managers	8,160	$115,770
Nurse Practitioners	3,510	$110,750
Nursing Instructors and Professors	840	$81,110
Nurse Midwives	100	$114,900

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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