The 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 Ohio University - Athens Campus. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in nursing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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With the affordable and transfer-friendly online RN to BSN program at Southern New Hampshire University, you can build upon your prior educational journey and enhance your professional experience in a program designed to fit around your schedule.
BS in Nursing - RN to BSN - Accelerated RN to MSN
At Southern New Hampshire University, we understand the demands placed on today's nursing professionals. When it comes to your education, consider saving money and time by electing the RN to MSN pathway. Eligible students will complete graduate courses within their undergraduate program. This pathway allows you to gain a BSN along the way and ultimately shorten your time within the MSN Nursing Education or Population Healthcare tracks.
In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at OHIO Athens was ranked #424 on College Factual's Best Schools for nursing list. It is also ranked #13 in Ohio.
Here are some of the other rankings for OHIO Athens.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at OHIO Athens paid an average of $1,077 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $595 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $12,612 | $22,406 |
Books and Supplies | $984 | $984 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,024 | $14,024 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,144 | $3,144 |
Learn more about OHIO Athens tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Nursing students who received their bachelor’s degree at OHIO Athens took out an average of $28,650 in student loans. That is 26% higher than the national average of $22,660.
nursing who receive their bachelor’s degree from OHIO Athens make an average of $62,449 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $62,199.
OHIO Athens does not offer an online option for its nursing bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the OHIO Athens Online Learning page.
About 88.3% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in nursing at OHIO Athens in 2019-2020, 15.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 55 |
Black or African American | 148 |
Hispanic or Latino | 93 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 8 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 |
White | 1,915 |
International Students | 17 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 106 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Registered Nursing | 2,347 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health Sciences & Services | 58 |
Communication Sciences | 66 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 122 |
Allied Health Professions | 11 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 33 |
*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.