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University of California - Los Angeles Doctorate in Nursing

20 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
$129,821 Average Salary

Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of California - Los Angeles. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in nursing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Nursing from UCLA Cost?

$13,029 Average Tuition and Fees

UCLA Graduate Tuition and Fees

The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $11,442 $26,544
Fees $1,587 $1,587

How Much Can You Make With a Doctorate in Nursing From UCLA?

$129,821 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

nursing who receive their doctor’s degree from UCLA make an average of $129,821 a year during the early days of their career. That is 12% higher than the national average of $115,628.

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Does UCLA Offer an Online Doctorate in Nursing?

UCLA 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 UCLA Online Learning page.

UCLA Doctorate Student Diversity for Nursing

20 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
80.0% Women
65.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 20 doctor’s degrees in nursing handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 80.0% of the students who received their Doctorate in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 86.1%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in nursing at UCLA in 2019-2020, 65.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Doctorate in Nursing Focus Areas at UCLA

Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice 14
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 6

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Dentistry 108
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 3
Medicine 149
Public Health 15

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References

*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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