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Nursing at Rio Hondo College

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

RHCCD is located in Whittier, California and approximately 15,692 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.

RHCCD Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

RHCCD Nursing Rankings

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Nursing Student Demographics at RHCCD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Rio Hondo College.

RHCCD Nursing Associate’s Program

63% Women
88% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at RHCCD may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 24% more women than average.

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RHCCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 16
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 29
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 CA, the home state for Rio Hondo College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Registered Nurses 294,510 $106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers 34,510 $125,770
Nurse Practitioners 13,420 $133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors 3,390 $101,320
Nurse Anesthetists 1,180 $212,210

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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