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Nursing at University of California - Los Angeles

Nursing at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 students attend the school each year.

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

UCLA Nursing Degrees Available

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

UCLA Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UCLA 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.

There were 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #123 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Nursing Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 20
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

UCLA Nursing Master’s Program

92% Women
74% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 74% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 52
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 45
White 36
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Los Angeles. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 237
Nursing Practice 15

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Registered Nurses 294,510 $106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers 34,510 $125,770
Nurse Practitioners 13,420 $133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors 3,390 $101,320
Nurse Anesthetists 1,180 $212,210

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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