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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at DeSales University

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at DeSales University

What traits are you looking for in a psychiatric/mental health nursing school? To help you decide if DeSales University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychiatric/mental health nursing program.

DeSales is located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,302.

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

DeSales Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at DeSales

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

DeSales does offer online education options in psychiatric/mental health nursing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Master’s Degree

DeSales Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Student Demographics at DeSales

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychiatric/mental health nursing majors at DeSales University.

DeSales Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

60% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in psychiatric/mental health nursing each year. DeSales does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

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In the psychiatric/mental health nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health 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 DeSales University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses 148,520 $70,390
Nurse Practitioners 7,280 $98,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,010 $78,810

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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