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Nursing at LaGuardia Community College

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

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and has a total student population of 16,971.

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

LaGuardia Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at LaGuardia

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

  • Associate’s Degree

LaGuardia Nursing Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Nursing Student Demographics at LaGuardia

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

LaGuardia Nursing Associate’s Program

85% Women
78% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 15% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at LaGuardia may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

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LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 44
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 15
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Registered Nurses 182,490 $85,610
Medical and Health Services Managers 25,830 $143,030
Nurse Practitioners 13,710 $120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,380 $91,900
Nurse Anesthetists 1,770 $191,130

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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