Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. 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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UMass Dartmouth paid an average of $1,232 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $683 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $16,390 | $29,578 |
Fees | $575 | $575 |
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their doctor’s degree from UMass Dartmouth is $108,092 per year. That is 7% lower than the national average of $115,628.
UMass Dartmouth 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 UMass Dartmouth Online Learning page.
All of the students who received their Doctorate in nursing in 2019-2020 were women.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 6.7% of the nursing doctor’s degrees at UMass Dartmouth in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 14 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing Practice | 13 |
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 2 |
*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.