Nursing at Northwest Nazarene University

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

NNU is located in Nampa, Idaho and has a total student population of 2,109.

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

NNU Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

NNU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at NNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Nursing Student Demographics at NNU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Northwest Nazarene University.

NNU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at NNU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at NNU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwest Nazarene University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NNU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from NNU, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwest Nazarene University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	51
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	29
Nursing Administration	16

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services

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 ID, the home state for Northwest Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Registered Nurses	13,790	$67,110
Medical and Health Services Managers	2,070	$92,980
Nurse Practitioners	750	$102,600
Nurse Anesthetists	620	$143,270
Nursing Instructors and Professors	350	$71,680

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Moonraker0022 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.