by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Registered Nursing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at East Tennessee State University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in nursing, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at ETSU paid an average of $1,321 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $480 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,640 | $23,760 |
| Fees | $1,919 | $1,919 |
nursing who receive their master’s degree from ETSU make an average of $89,912 a year during the early days of their career. That is 8% lower than the national average of $97,473.
Online degrees for the ETSU nursing master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the ETSU Online Learning page.
About 87.8% of the students who received their Master’s in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Around 3.8% of nursing master’s degree recipients at ETSU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 123 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Registered Nursing | 131 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 35 |
| Public Health | 67 |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 10 |
| Other Health Professions | 7 |
*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.