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University of Illinois at Chicago Doctorate in Nursing

125 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
$109,763 Average Salary

Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Illinois at Chicago. 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 UIC Cost?

$17,121 Average Tuition and Fees

UIC Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at UIC paid an average of $993 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $692 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $13,799 $23,714
Fees $3,322 $3,322

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

$109,763 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

nursing who receive their doctor’s degree from UIC make an average of $109,763 a year during the early days of their career. That is 5% lower than the national average of $115,628.

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Does UIC Offer an Online Doctorate in Nursing?

Online degrees for the UIC nursing doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UIC Online Learning page.

UIC Doctorate Student Diversity for Nursing

125 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
92.0% Women
27.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 125 students received their doctor’s degree in nursing. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 92.0% of the nursing students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.1%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 27.2% of the nursing doctor’s degrees at UIC in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 5
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 86
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Doctorate in Nursing Focus Areas at UIC

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Nursing Science 11
Nursing Practice 114

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Dentistry 114
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 2
Medicine 315
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 179
Public Health 34

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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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