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 West Virginia University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in nursing, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of 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.
If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The bachelor's program at WVU was ranked #738 on College Factual's Best Schools for nursing list. It is also ranked #1 in West Virginia.
Here are some of the other rankings for WVU.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at WVU paid an average of $1,055 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $374 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 | $8,976 | $25,320 |
Books and Supplies | $950 | $950 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,948 | $10,948 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,250 | $3,250 |
Learn more about WVU tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Nursing students who received their bachelor’s degree at WVU took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 19% higher than the national average of $22,660.
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor’s degree from WVU is $62,154 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $62,199.
WVU 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 WVU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 85.6% of the nursing students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 86.9%.
Around 4.3% of nursing bachelor’s degree recipients at WVU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 195 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Registered Nursing | 208 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Communication Sciences | 37 |
Dental Support Services | 21 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 17 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 25 |
Public Health | 72 |
*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.