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Registered Nursing at Harrisburg Area Community College

Registered Nursing at Harrisburg Area Community College

If you are interested in studying registered nursing, you may want to check out the program at Harrisburg Area Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

HACC is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 15,376 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.

HACC Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing

HACC Registered Nursing Rankings

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at HACC

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

HACC Registered Nursing Associate’s Program

85% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 15% of registered nursing associate's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in registered nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at HACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in registered nursing at HACC are white. Around 78% 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 Harrisburg Area Community College with a associate's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 28
Hispanic or Latino 32
White 361
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

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 PA, the home state for Harrisburg Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses 148,520 $70,390
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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