by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Registered Nursing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Alabama in Huntsville. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UAH paid an average of $1,509 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $662 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,632 | $24,430 |
| Fees | $956 | $956 |
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their master’s degree from UAH is $93,383 per year. That is 4% lower than 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 UAH. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UAH Online Learning page.
Women made up around 86.4% of the nursing students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in nursing at UAH in 2019-2020, 15.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 14 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 4 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 127 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Registered Nursing | 162 |
*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.