Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at University of South Carolina - Columbia

If you are interested in studying psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, you may want to check out the program at University of South Carolina - Columbia. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a total student population of 35,470.

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

UofSC Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

UofSC Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Student Demographics at UofSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychiatric/mental health nursing majors at University of South Carolina - Columbia.

UofSC Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in psychiatric/mental health nursing each year. UofSC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degree from UofSC, 73% 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a master's in psychiatric/mental health nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Nursing Science
• Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
• Nursing Practice
• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nursing Administration

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Registered Nurses	44,350	$64,940
Nurse Practitioners	2,260	$99,910
Nursing Instructors and Professors	550	$67,430

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.