Nursing at California State University - Bakersfield

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

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and has a total student population of 11,745.

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

CSUB Nursing Degrees Available

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

CSUB Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at CSUB 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 CSUB

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

CSUB Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUB since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

CSUB Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. CSUB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Bakersfield with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Bakersfield. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	124

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Bakersfield.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Nurse Practitioners	13,420	$133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,390	$101,320
Nurse Anesthetists	1,180	$212,210

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.