Nursing at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and approximately 16,450 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.

UL Lafayette Nursing Degrees Available

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

UL Lafayette Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UL Lafayette 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 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #227 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UL Lafayette 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 Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	77
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	205
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

UL Lafayette Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UL Lafayette, 90% 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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	496
Nursing Practice	10
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	8

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Communication Sciences

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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Registered Nurses	43,110	$63,970
Medical and Health Services Managers	4,540	$100,710
Nurse Practitioners	2,820	$105,340
Nursing Instructors and Professors	800	$72,010
Nurse Anesthetists	740	$159,370

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.