Nursing at Saint Xavier University

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

SXU is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,764.

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

SXU Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

SXU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at SXU 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 SXU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Saint Xavier University.

SXU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Saint Xavier University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	77
White	84
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

SXU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from SXU, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Saint Xavier University with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Saint Xavier University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	136
Nursing Administration	11
Nursing Science	8
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	3

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Communication Sciences

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 IL, the home state for Saint Xavier University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses	129,400	$73,890
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900
Nurse Practitioners	5,540	$105,800
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,810	$69,310
Nurse Anesthetists	1,510	$190,500

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Brendanriley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.