Nursing at University of South Carolina - Upstate

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if University of South Carolina - Upstate is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has a total student population of 6,038.

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

USC Upstate Nursing Degrees Available

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

USC Upstate Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at USC Upstate 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.

Nursing Student Demographics at USC Upstate

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of South Carolina - Upstate.

USC Upstate Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at USC Upstate since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at USC Upstate are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	58
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	151
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

USC Upstate Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 73% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 South Carolina - Upstate. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	282
Clinical Nurse Leader	1

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Medical Illustration & Informatics

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Registered Nurses	44,350	$64,940
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,470	$98,780
Nurse Practitioners	2,260	$99,910
Nurse Anesthetists	930	$164,480
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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.