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Nursing at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas

Nursing at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas

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

Phillips County Community College is located in Helena, Arkansas and has a total student population of 1,093.

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

Phillips County Community College Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

Phillips County Community College Nursing Rankings

Nursing Student Demographics at Phillips County Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas.

Phillips County Community College Nursing Associate’s Program

86% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Phillips County Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

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Phillips County Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 14

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 AR, the home state for Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Registered Nurses 25,380 $60,780
Medical and Health Services Managers 4,900 $85,290
Nurse Practitioners 1,900 $104,300
Nursing Instructors and Professors 650 $54,920
Nurse Anesthetists 360 $186,970

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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