Nursing at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

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

SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and approximately 4,898 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.

SWOSU Nursing Degrees Available

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

SWOSU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at SWOSU 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 SWOSU

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

SWOSU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at SWOSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	131
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	44

SWOSU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from SWOSU, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	207

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Allied Health Professions
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
• 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 OK, the home state for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Registered Nurses	29,330	$63,080
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,450	$90,680
Nurse Practitioners	1,590	$103,280
Nursing Instructors and Professors	520	$59,070
Nurse Anesthetists	250	$176,780

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.