Nursing at Rockland Community College

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

Rockland Community College is located in Suffern, New York and approximately 5,735 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.

Rockland Community College Nursing Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Nursing

Rockland Community College Nursing Rankings

Nursing Student Demographics at Rockland Community College

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

Rockland Community College Nursing Associate’s Program

84% Women

35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Rockland Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	43
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at Rockland Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rockland Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	109

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

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 NY, the home state for Rockland Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Nurse Practitioners	13,710	$120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,380	$91,900
Nurse Anesthetists	1,770	$191,130

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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