by our College Data Analytics TeamNursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Connecticut. 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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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UCONN paid an average of $2,157 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $940 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $16,908 | $38,820 |
| Fees | $2,756 | $2,756 |
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their doctor’s degree from UCONN is $95,473 per year. That is 17% lower than the national average of $115,628.
UCONN 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 UCONN Online Learning page.
Women made up around 85.7% 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 35.7% of nursing doctor’s degree recipients at UCONN in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing Science | 8 |
| Nursing Practice | 6 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 13 |
| Dentistry | 52 |
| Medicine | 101 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 82 |
| Public Health | 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.
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