Nursing at Passaic County Community College

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

PCCC is located in Paterson, New Jersey and approximately 5,549 students attend the school each year.

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

PCCC Nursing Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Nursing

PCCC Nursing Rankings

Nursing Student Demographics at PCCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Passaic County Community College.

PCCC Nursing Associate’s Program

81% Women

50% 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 PCCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

PCCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 Passaic County Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	54

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 NJ, the home state for Passaic County Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Registered Nurses	79,530	$82,750
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,260	$116,750
Nurse Practitioners	5,900	$122,100
Nursing Instructors and Professors	2,000	$89,950
Nurse Midwives	180	$113,980

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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