Registered Nursing at LaGuardia Community College

If you plan to study registered 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 approximately 16,971 students attend the school each year.

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

LaGuardia Registered Nursing Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing

LaGuardia Registered Nursing Rankings

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at LaGuardia

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

LaGuardia Registered Nursing Associate’s Program

72% Women

81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of registered nursing associate's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in registered nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at LaGuardia may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in registered nursing graduates 41% 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 registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	12
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered 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
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,380	$91,900

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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