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Nursing at Community College of Allegheny County

Nursing at Community College of Allegheny County

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

CCAC is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,217 students attend the school each year.

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

CCAC Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

CCAC Nursing Rankings

Nursing Student Demographics at CCAC

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

CCAC Nursing Associate’s Program

83% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at CCAC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in nursing at CCAC are white. Around 68% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 28
Black or African American 32
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 210
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 29

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 Community College of Allegheny County. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 348

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 Community College of Allegheny County.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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