by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Nurse Anesthetist. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Samford University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in nursing, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Samford paid an average of $888 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 | $20,587 | $20,587 |
| Fees | $640 | $640 |
nursing who receive their master’s degree from Samford make an average of $97,565 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $97,473.
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the nursing master’s degree program at Samford. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Samford Online Learning page.
Women made up around 73.1% of the nursing students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in nursing at Samford in 2019-2020, 3.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 24 |
| 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 | 26 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 21 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 2 |
| Allied Health Professions | 5 |
| Public Health | 22 |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 4 |
*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.
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