Nursing at Carlow University

Every nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nursing program at Carlow University stacks up to those at other schools.

Carlow is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,976 students attend the school each year. Of the 327 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carlow University in 2021, 13 of them were nursing majors.

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

Carlow Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Carlow

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Carlow does offer online education options in nursing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Carlow Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how Carlow performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Carlow 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	45
Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	80
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	132
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	138
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	148
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	151
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	177
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	191
	271
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	271
Most Focused Nursing Schools	575
	664
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	751
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	923
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,272
	1,475

In 2021, 70 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Carlow. This makes it the #138 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #272 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from Carlow Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carlow is $60,706. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Carlow

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

Carlow Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Carlow since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Carlow are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Carlow Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 70 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Carlow, about 7% were men and 93% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Carlow, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

Carlow also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Allied Health Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

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 PA, the home state for Carlow University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses	148,520	$70,390
Medical and Health Services Managers	16,410	$97,310
Nurse Practitioners	7,280	$98,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,010	$78,810
Nurse Anesthetists	1,700	$171,250

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.