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Nursing at University of South Dakota

Nursing at University of South Dakota

Every nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nursing program at University of South Dakota stacks up to those at other schools.

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459.

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

USD Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

USD Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at USD 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 USD

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

USD Nursing Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at USD 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 South Dakota with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 145
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Dakota. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 198

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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Registered Nurses 12,760 $58,340
Medical and Health Services Managers 730 $106,830
Nurse Practitioners 540 $100,690
Nurse Anesthetists 390 $188,360
Nursing Instructors and Professors 250 $67,410

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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