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University of Missouri - Kansas City Doctorate in Nursing

63 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
$145,714 Average Salary
YES Online Classes

Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Missouri - Kansas City. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in nursing, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Nursing from UMKC Cost?

$11,258 Average Tuition and Fees

UMKC Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UMKC was $1,050 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $407 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 $9,761 $25,202
Fees $1,497 $1,497

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

$145,714 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their doctor’s degree from UMKC is $145,714 per year. That is 26% higher than the national average of $115,628.

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Does UMKC Offer an Online Doctorate in Nursing?

Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the nursing doctor’s degree program at UMKC. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UMKC Online Learning page.

UMKC Doctorate Student Diversity for Nursing

63 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
90.5% Women
17.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 63 doctor’s degrees in nursing awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 90.5% of the students who received their Doctorate in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.1%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 17.5% of nursing doctor’s degree recipients at UMKC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 46
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Doctorate in Nursing Focus Areas at UMKC

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Nursing Science 10
Nursing Practice 53

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Dentistry 104
Medicine 112
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 134

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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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