Nursing at Joliet Junior College

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

Joliet Junior College is located in Joliet, Illinois and has a total student population of 10,267.

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

Joliet Junior College Nursing Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Nursing

Joliet Junior College Nursing Rankings

Nursing Student Demographics at Joliet Junior College

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

Joliet Junior College Nursing Associate’s Program

81% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Joliet Junior College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in nursing at Joliet Junior College are white. Around 56% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. Joliet Junior College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	54
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Joliet Junior College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	97

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 IL, the home state for Joliet Junior College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses	129,400	$73,890
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900
Nurse Practitioners	5,540	$105,800
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,810	$69,310
Nurse Anesthetists	1,510	$190,500

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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