Nursing at The University of Texas at Tyler

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

UT Tyler is located in Tyler, Texas and approximately 9,781 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,039 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Tyler in 2021, 630 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 Tyler Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UT Tyler

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UT Tyler offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UT Tyler Nursing Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at UT Tyler 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	89
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	129
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	175
	183
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	243
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	284
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	465

In 2021, 75 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UT Tyler. This makes it the #129 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #169 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UT Tyler Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Tyler is $61,382. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing students.

Nursing Student Demographics at UT Tyler

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

UT Tyler Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 630 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in nursing from UT Tyler in 2021, 16% were men and 84% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Tyler since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UT Tyler are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Tyler with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	71
Hispanic or Latino	111
White	384
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

UT Tyler Nursing Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 75 students graduated with a master's degree in nursing from UT Tyler. About 20% were men and 80% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. UT Tyler does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UT Tyler, 68% 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 The University of Texas at Tyler with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	51
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Tyler also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 17 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Communication Sciences
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Tyler.

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 Kushal one under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.