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Family Practice Nurse/Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Family Practice Nurse/Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

If you plan to study family practice nurse/nursing, take a look at what SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SUNY Downstate is located in Brooklyn, New York and approximately 2,118 students attend the school each year.

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

SUNY Downstate Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Family Practice Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Downstate

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

SUNY Downstate does offer online education options in family practice nursing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

SUNY Downstate Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in family practice nursing, making the school the #58 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Family Practice Nursing Student Demographics at SUNY Downstate

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the family practice nursing majors at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.

SUNY Downstate Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

83% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of family practice nursing master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in family practice nursing each year. SUNY Downstate does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

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In the family practice nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University with a master's in family practice nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 24
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 24
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Careers That Family Practice Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in family practice 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Registered Nurses 182,490 $85,610
Nurse Practitioners 13,710 $120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,380 $91,900

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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