by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Nursing Practice. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at The University of Alabama. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in nursing, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
You can jump to any section of this page using the links below:
In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UA was $1,550 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $615 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,780 | $30,250 |
| Fees | $690 | $690 |
nursing who receive their doctor’s degree from UA make an average of $110,878 a year during the early days of their career. That is 4% lower than the national average of $115,628.
Online degrees for the UA 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 UA Online Learning page.
Women made up around 84.4% of the nursing students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 86.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 45.3% of the nursing doctor’s degrees at UA in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 24 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 32 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing Practice | 64 |
*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.