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 South Alabama. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in nursing, such as diversity 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 USA paid an average of $884 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $442 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 | $7,956 | $15,912 |
| Fees | $200 | $200 |
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their doctor’s degree from USA is $115,339 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $115,628.
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the nursing doctor’s degree program at USA. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the USA Online Learning page.
Women made up around 89.2% of the nursing students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.1%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in nursing at USA in 2019-2020, 45.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 55 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 90 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Registered Nursing | 166 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 9 |
| Medicine | 66 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 38 |
*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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