Nursing at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
CDU is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 872.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.
CDU Nursing Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
- Master’s Degree in Nursing
CDU Nursing Rankings
The nursing major at CDU 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 CDU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science.
CDU Nursing Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% 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 Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science with a bachelor's in nursing.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
White | 0 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
CDU Nursing Master’s Program
In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science with a master's in nursing.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 59 |
Black or African American | 53 |
Hispanic or Latino | 25 |
White | 33 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 38 |
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 Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 126 |
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | 64 |
Clinical Nurse Leader | 55 |
Registered Nursing | 1 |
Related Majors
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 Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science.
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.