by our College Data Analytics TeamNursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Rush University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in nursing, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Rush University paid an average of $1,316 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 | $37,207 | $37,207 |
nursing who receive their doctor’s degree from Rush University make an average of $106,421 a year during the early days of their career. That is 8% lower than the national average of $115,628.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Rush University does offer online classes in its nursing doctor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Rush University Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in nursing in 2019-2020, 88.1% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.1%.
Around 19.6% of nursing doctor’s degree recipients at Rush University in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 18 |
| Black or African American | 7 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 160 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 18 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing Science | 1 |
| Nursing Practice | 218 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 17 |
| Medicine | 131 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 31 |
| Other Health Professions | 6 |
*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.