by our College Data Analytics TeamNursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Seattle 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 Seattle U paid an average of $750 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $13,500 | $13,500 |
| Fees | $540 | $540 |
Seattle U does not offer an online option for its nursing doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Seattle U Online Learning page.
Women made up around 87.5% of the nursing students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 86.1%.
Around 25.0% of nursing doctor’s degree recipients at Seattle 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 | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 10 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 7 |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | 1 |
| Nursing Practice | 7 |
| Geriatric Nurse/Nursing | 1 |
*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.