Registered Nursing at Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom

If you plan to study registered nursing, take a look at what Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom is located in Lakewood, Washington and approximately 8,329 students attend the school each year.

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

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom Registered Nursing Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom Registered Nursing Rankings

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom.

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom Registered Nursing Associate’s Program

83% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of registered nursing associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in registered nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in registered nursing graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom with a associate's in registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered 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 WA, the home state for Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Registered Nurses	56,290	$82,670
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,080	$77,540

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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