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Nursing at Wheeling University

Nursing at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and approximately 857 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.

Wheeling University Nursing Degrees Available

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

Wheeling University Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Wheeling University 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 Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University Nursing Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Wheeling University since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wheeling University 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 1
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Wheeling University Nursing Master’s Program

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

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wheeling University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 24
Registered Nursing 23
Nursing Administration 2

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 WV, the home state for Wheeling University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Registered Nurses 19,930 $61,780
Medical and Health Services Managers 1,610 $110,130
Nurse Practitioners 1,080 $100,690
Nursing Instructors and Professors 400 $58,530
Nurse Midwives 30 $113,720

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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