Nursing at Southwest Mississippi Community College

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

SMCC is located in Summit, Mississippi and approximately 1,888 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.

SMCC Nursing Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Nursing

SMCC Nursing Rankings

Nursing Student Demographics at SMCC

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

SMCC Nursing Associate’s Program

84% Women

36% 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 SMCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in nursing at SMCC are white. Around 62% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	36
International Students	0
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 Mississippi Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	95

Health & Medical Administrative 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 MS, the home state for Southwest Mississippi Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Registered Nurses	29,860	$58,490
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,010	$94,800
Nurse Practitioners	2,930	$109,700
Nursing Instructors and Professors	570	$73,840
Nurse Anesthetists	310	$163,320

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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