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Nursing at Temple University

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

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 37,236. Of the 6,572 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Temple University in 2021, 74 of them were nursing majors.

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

Temple Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Temple Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how Temple performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Temple 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 308
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 346

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from Temple Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Temple is $70,899. This is 13% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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Nursing Student Demographics at Temple

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

Temple Nursing Bachelor’s Program

93% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The nursing program at Temple awarded 74 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 7% of these degrees went to men with the other 93% going to women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Temple 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 Temple University with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 44
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

Temple also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 19 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses 148,520 $70,390
Medical and Health Services Managers 16,410 $97,310
Nurse Practitioners 7,280 $98,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,010 $78,810
Nurse Anesthetists 1,700 $171,250

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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