Nursing at The University of Texas at Arlington

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at Arlington is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and approximately 48,072 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,852 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Arlington in 2021, 3,456 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.

UT Arlington Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UT Arlington

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

UT Arlington does offer online education options in nursing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UT Arlington Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at UT Arlington compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UT Arlington 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 Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	56
Most Focused Nursing Schools	257
	483

In 2021, 1,204 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UT Arlington. This makes it the #5 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 50 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #56 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UT Arlington Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Arlington is $72,026. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at UT Arlington

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

UT Arlington Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3,456 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in nursing from UT Arlington in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 The University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	320
Black or African American	564
Hispanic or Latino	875
White	1,487
International Students	72
Other Races/Ethnicities	138

UT Arlington Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 1,204 students who graduated with a master’s in nursing from UT Arlington in 2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UT Arlington, 50% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	117
Black or African American	179
Hispanic or Latino	245
White	603
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	54

UT Arlington also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 50 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Public Health

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Arlington.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Registered Nurses	210,350	$72,890
Medical and Health Services Managers	30,010	$105,450
Nurse Practitioners	12,020	$111,060
Nurse Anesthetists	6,140	$158,510
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,900	$71,780

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 Kllwiki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.