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Nursing at Santa Fe Community College

Nursing at Santa Fe Community College

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

SFCC is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and approximately 3,459 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.

SFCC Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

SFCC Nursing Rankings

Nursing Student Demographics at SFCC

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

SFCC Nursing Associate’s Program

71% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at SFCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 16% more women than average.

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SFCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nursing graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 6
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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Santa Fe Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 42

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 NM, the home state for Santa Fe Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Registered Nurses 16,730 $71,730
Medical and Health Services Managers 1,640 $122,650
Nurse Practitioners 980 $109,810
Nurse Midwives 110 $97,930
Nursing Instructors and Professors 80 $64,660

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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