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Registered Nursing at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Registered Nursing at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

If you plan to study registered nursing, take a look at what University of Arkansas at Little Rock has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UA Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and has a total student population of 8,899.

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

UA Little Rock Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Registered Nursing
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at UA Little Rock

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.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree

UA Little Rock Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at UA Little Rock is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered 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.

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at UA Little Rock

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

UA Little Rock Registered Nursing Associate’s Program

80% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of registered nursing associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in registered nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at UA Little Rock may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

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UA Little Rock does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in registered nursing graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a associate's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 51
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 79
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 20

UA Little Rock Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at UA Little Rock are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 39
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 93
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Registered Nurses 25,380 $60,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors 650 $54,920

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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