Nursing at Wilkes University

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

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,781. Of the 562 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wilkes University in 2021, 91 of them were nursing majors.

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

Wilkes Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Wilkes

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Wilkes offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Wilkes Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how Wilkes performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Wilkes 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	66
	139
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	154
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools	168
Most Popular Nursing Schools	313
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	495

In 2021, 114 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Wilkes. This makes it the #85 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 31 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #103 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Wilkes Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wilkes is $64,105. This is 2% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at Wilkes

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

Wilkes Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 91 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from Wilkes in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Wilkes since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Wilkes 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 Wilkes University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	72
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Wilkes Nursing Master’s Program

The nursing program at Wilkes awarded 114 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. Wilkes does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Wilkes, 71% 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 Wilkes University with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	81
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Wilkes also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 31 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences

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 PA, the home state for Wilkes University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses	148,520	$70,390
Medical and Health Services Managers	16,410	$97,310
Nurse Practitioners	7,280	$98,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,010	$78,810
Nurse Anesthetists	1,700	$171,250

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 Jrmski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.