Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Western Kentucky University
What traits are you looking for in a psychiatric/mental health nursing school? To help you decide if Western Kentucky University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychiatric/mental health nursing program.WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517.
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.
WKU Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available
Online Classes Are Available at WKU
If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.
WKU does offer online education options in psychiatric/mental health nursing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:
WKU Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings
Related Majors
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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.
Occupation | Jobs in KY | Average Salary in KY |
---|---|---|
Registered Nurses | 46,130 | $63,100 |
Nurse Practitioners | 3,160 | $99,790 |
Nursing Instructors and Professors | 690 | $73,170 |
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 OPMaster under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.