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Registered Nursing at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville

What traits are you looking for in a school for Registered Nursing, take a look at what Galen College of Nursing-Louisville. Get started with the following essential facts.

Galen College of Nursing-Louisville is in Louisville, KY.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 1,491 registered nursing graduations were recorded at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville.

Online & Distance Learning at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville

Distance learning is available at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville. Of 5,585 students, 3,957 (71%) studied exclusively online and 1,628 (29%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Registered Nursing graduates at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Registered Nursing graduates at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville are 88% women (1,317) and 12% men (174).

Registered Nursing Associate’s Program at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville

Among the 284 associate’s registered nursing graduates at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville, 91% were women (258) and 9% were men (26).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Registered Nursing associate’s degree recipients at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	174
Hispanic / Latino	22
Black / African American	43
Asian	7
Two or More Races	15
Unknown	23

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of Registered Nursing associate’s degree recipients at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville, lower than the national average of 43%.*

Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville

Of the 1,207 bachelor’s registered nursing degrees awarded at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville, 88% were women (1,059) and 12% were men (148).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Registered Nursing bachelor’s degree recipients at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	556
Hispanic / Latino	187
Black / African American	118
Asian	38
American Indian / Alaska Native	2
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	2
Two or More Races	25
Unknown	279

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of Registered Nursing bachelor’s degree recipients at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville, below the national average of 43%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for Registered Nursing Graduates

Graduates of the Registered Nursing program at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville go on to a range of careers. Here are the top-paying careers for Registered Nursing graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$143,854
Registered Nurses	$105,741
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$69,718
Critical Care Nurses	$65,103
Acute Care Nurses	$56,247
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$52,889

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.