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Nursing at Southwest Minnesota State University

Nursing at Southwest Minnesota State University

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

Southwest Minnesota State University is located in Marshall, Minnesota and has a total student population of 7,259.

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

Southwest Minnesota State University Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Southwest Minnesota State University Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Southwest Minnesota State University 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 Southwest Minnesota State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Southwest Minnesota State University.

Southwest Minnesota State University Nursing Bachelor’s Program

87% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Southwest Minnesota State University are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Southwest Minnesota State University with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 24
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 39
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southwest Minnesota State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 80

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 MN, the home state for Southwest Minnesota State University.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Registered Nurses 69,000 $78,920
Medical and Health Services Managers 8,220 $110,490
Nurse Practitioners 3,880 $119,160
Nurse Anesthetists 1,920 $188,130

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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