Nursing at SUNY Empire State College

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at SUNY Empire State College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SUNY Empire is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and has a total student population of 10,724.

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

SUNY Empire Nursing Degrees Available

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

SUNY Empire Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at SUNY Empire 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 SUNY Empire

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at SUNY Empire State College.

SUNY Empire Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at SUNY Empire are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 SUNY Empire State College with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	47
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

SUNY Empire Nursing Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from SUNY Empire, 74% 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 SUNY Empire State College with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from SUNY Empire State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	116
Nursing Administration	29

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Empire State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Nurse Practitioners	13,710	$120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,380	$91,900
Nurse Anesthetists	1,770	$191,130

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By DanielPenfield under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.