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Nursing at Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg

Nursing at Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

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

Penn State Harrisburg Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Penn State Harrisburg Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Penn State Harrisburg 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 Penn State Harrisburg

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg.

Penn State Harrisburg Nursing Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Penn State Harrisburg since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Penn State Harrisburg 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 Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 39
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

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 PA, the home state for Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses 148,520 $70,390
Medical and Health Services Managers 16,410 $97,310
Nurse Practitioners 7,280 $98,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,010 $78,810
Nurse Anesthetists 1,700 $171,250

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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