Nursing at Boston College

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

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 14,934.

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

Boston College Nursing Degrees Available

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

Boston College Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Boston College 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.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #209 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Boston College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	67
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Boston College Nursing Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Boston College, 69% 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 Boston College with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at Boston College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Boston College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	113
Registered Nursing	104
Nursing Science	12

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Mental & Social Health Services

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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Registered Nurses	80,630	$92,140
Medical and Health Services Managers	15,380	$133,900
Nurse Practitioners	6,200	$122,740
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,720	$87,970
Nurse Anesthetists	810	$191,320

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
• Image Credit: By Harvey D. Egan under License

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