by our College Data Analytics TeamNursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Fairfield University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in nursing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Fairfield U paid an average of $912 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $19,152 | $19,152 |
| Fees | $115 | $115 |
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their doctor’s degree from Fairfield U is $141,586 per year. That is 22% higher than the national average of $115,628.
Online degrees for the Fairfield U nursing doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Fairfield U Online Learning page.
About 87.2% of the students who received their Doctorate in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 86.1%.
Around 25.5% of nursing doctor’s degree recipients at Fairfield U in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 34 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetist | 13 |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 17 |
| Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery | 3 |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | 6 |
| Nursing Practice | 8 |
*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.