by our College Data Analytics TeamNursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Nebraska Medical Center. 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 UNMC paid an average of $977 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $341 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,207 | $26,379 |
| Fees | $582 | $582 |
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their doctor’s degree from UNMC is $103,913 per year. That is 10% lower than the national average of $115,628.
UNMC 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 UNMC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 91.8% of the nursing students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.1%.
Around 18.4% of nursing doctor’s degree recipients at UNMC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 39 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Nursing Practice | 47 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dentistry | 49 |
| Medicine | 129 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 65 |
| Public Health | 1 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 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.