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Nursing at Nashville State Community College

If you plan to study Nursing, consider the program at Nashville State Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Nashville State Community College sits in Nashville, TN.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 48 nursing degrees were awarded at Nashville State Community College.

Online Class Availability at Nashville State Community College

Many students take online classes at Nashville State Community College. Among 7,533 students, 2,098 (28%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 2,404 (32%) took at least some classes online.

Nursing Rankings at Nashville State Community College

These rankings give you a sense of how Nashville State Community College’s Nursing program against other schools offering the same major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	Tennessee	#14 of 43
Best Schools (Quality)	Tennessee	#35 of 42
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#190 of 529
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#401 of 506
Best Value	Nationwide	#488 of 1,878
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#1565 of 1,918

Earnings for Nursing Graduates from Nashville State Community College

Those who finish Nashville State Community College’s Nursing program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$53,764
2 years	$56,776
3 years	$55,900
4 years	$62,481
5 years	$74,578

How does this compare to the school overall? Four years after graduating, Nursing graduates from Nashville State Community College earn a median of $62,481, compared with $39,640 for all Nashville State Community College graduates — about 58% higher than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

Typical debt at graduation for Nursing graduates from Nashville State Community College is $25,500.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Nursing graduates at Nashville State Community College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Nursing graduates at Nashville State Community College are 88% women (42) and 12% men (6).

Nursing Associate’s Program at Nashville State Community College

Among the 48 associate’s nursing graduates at Nashville State Community College, 88% were women (42) and 12% were men (6).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Nursing associate’s degree recipients at Nashville State Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	30
Hispanic / Latino	2
Black / African American	11
Two or More Races	3
Unknown	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of Nursing associate’s degree recipients at Nashville State Community College, lower than the national average of 44%.*

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

More Specific Nursing Concentrations at Nashville State Community College

This Nursing program at Nashville State Community College offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Registered Nursing	48

Best-Paid Careers for Nursing Graduates

Graduates of the Nursing program at Nashville State Community College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for Nursing graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Nurse Practitioners	$147,651
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$143,854
Medical and Health Services Managers	$129,557
Registered Nurses	$105,741
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$69,718
Nurse Anesthetists	$66,747
Critical Care Nurses	$65,103
Acute Care Nurses	$56,247
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$52,889
Nurse Midwives	$36,174

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.