The main focus area for this major is Family Practice Nurse/Nursing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Winston - Salem State University. 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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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at WSSU was $1,748 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $484 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $3,872 | $13,987 |
Fees | $2,540 | $2,540 |
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their master’s degree from WSSU is $94,408 per year. That is 3% lower than the national average of $97,473.
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that WSSU offers online option in its nursing master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the WSSU Online Learning page.
About 87.5% of the students who received their Master’s in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Around 60.0% of nursing master’s degree recipients at WSSU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 33%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 23 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 14 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 40 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 20 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 44 |
*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.