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Nursing
The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated
with a degree in Nursing. We have separated the tables
depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the
bachelors degree in Nursing, and those who get either a masters
in Nursing, a Ph.D. in Nursing.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in
Nursing some students with a bachelors degree in Nursing will get advanced
degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees
that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Nursing.
Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary,
it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students
in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others
place students in many different income categories. For this reason,
we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Nursing Salaries.
Histogram of Nursing Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Nursing who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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Histogram of Nursing Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Nursing while an undergraduate.
The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.
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Bachelors Degree
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Nursing.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$41,609 1012 80.32 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$50,093 71 5.63 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$40,509 26 2.06 OTHER health occupations
$29,170 25 1.98 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
$39,059 16 1.27 Unknown
$42,526 14 1.11 OTHER management related occupations
$37,126 8 .63 Professors: OTHER health specialties
$52,291 8 .63 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$57,214 8 .63 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$26,258 6 .48 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$41,500 6 .48 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$47,950 4 .32 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$19,598 4 .32 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$22,358 4 .32 Teachers: Elementary
$52,850 4 .32 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$34,667 3 .24 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects
$24,560 3 .24 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
$24,461 3 .24 OTHER service occupations, except health
$20,554 3 .24 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$38,981 3 .24 Computer system analysts
$41,909 2 .16 Professors: Medical Science
$38,750 2 .16 Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
$26,000 2 .16 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
$33,114 2 .16 Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236)
$86,622 2 .16 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$29,440 2 .16 Social Workers
$23,673 2 .16 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$52,000 1 .08 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$12,000 1 .08 Teachers: Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten
$45,000 1 .08 OTHER postsecondary
$30,000 1 .08 Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153)
$40,000 1 .08 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$39,520 1 .08 Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
$30,000 1 .08 Clergy and Other Religious Workers
$28,600 1 .08 Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
$26,562 1 .08 Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
$26,300 1 .08 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$24,960 1 .08 Engineers: Environmental
$22,672 1 .08 Mechanics and repairers
$22,000 1 .08 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$15,600 1 .08 Transportation/material moving occupations
$15,600 1 .08 Teachers: OTHER precollegiate area
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Masters
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree
in Nursing.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$48,664 147 55.26 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$38,007 58 21.80 Professors: OTHER health specialties
$65,591 20 7.52 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$58,056 9 3.38 Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
$36,604 7 2.63 Professors: Medical Science
$57,967 6 2.26 OTHER health occupations
$38,140 5 1.88 OTHER postsecondary
$32,972 4 1.50 OTHER management related occupations
$33,668 2 .75 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$55,200 1 .38 Computer system analysts
$23,691 1 .38 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$65,000 1 .38 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$46,800 1 .38 Unknown
$52,500 1 .38 Information systems scientists or analysts
$52,000 1 .38 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
$43,227 1 .38 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$36,000 1 .38 Psychologists, including clinical (Also see 070)
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Ph.D.
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in
Nursing.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$47,163 9 64.29 Professors: OTHER health specialties
$58,867 3 21.43 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$41,500 2 14.29 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Nursing
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$46,885 241 57.93 Nursing (4 years or longer program)
$51,538 41 9.86 Health services administration
$56,135 22 5.29 Business administration and management
$40,677 21 5.05 Education: OTHER education
$54,138 13 3.13 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
$51,896 12 2.88 OTHER health/medical sciences
$38,408 12 2.88 Psychology: Counseling
$32,366 8 1.92 Education: Counselor education/guidance services
$36,083 7 1.68 Social Work
$35,472 5 1.20 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
$51,311 3 .72 Education: Elementary teacher education
$49,498 3 .72 OTHER business management/administrative services
$37,500 2 .48 Education: Secondary teacher education
$47,144 2 .48 Business, general
$68,900 2 .48 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
$41,200 2 .48 OTHER social sciences
$34,040 2 .48 Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
$29,764 2 .48 Public administration
$46,920 2 .48 Psychology: Clinical
$50,000 1 .24 Business/managerial economics
$56,160 1 .24 Education: Educational psychology
$56,160 1 .24 Psychology: Educational
$60,000 1 .24 Health/medical technologies
$83,000 1 .24 Medical preparatory programs (e.g., pre-dentistry, pre-medical, pre-veterinary)
$42,000 1 .24 Biochemistry and biophysics
$47,900 1 .24 Psychology: Industrial/Organizational
$45,000 1 .24 Fine arts, all fields
$42,000 1 .24 Biochemistry
$40,865 1 .24 Education: Science teacher education
$40,000 1 .24 Psychology: General
$40,000 1 .24 Education: Pre-elementary teacher education
$39,000 1 .24 Microbiology
$36,000 1 .24 Engineering: Industrial production technologies
$36,000 1 .24 Computer/information sciences, general
$35,000 1 .24 Physical therapy and other rehabilitation/therapeutic services
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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Nursing
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$50,236 13 22.41 Nursing (4 years or longer program)
$52,164 12 20.69 Education: OTHER education
$43,118 10 17.24 Education: Administration
$48,771 5 8.62 Psychology: Clinical
$53,700 2 3.45 OTHER health/medical sciences
$38,817 2 3.45 OTHER psychology
$80,150 2 3.45 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$48,500 2 3.45 Psychology: Counseling
$66,000 2 3.45 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
$86,000 1 1.72 Health services administration
$75,000 1 1.72 Education: Secondary teacher education
$62,400 1 1.72 Education: Special education
$36,400 1 1.72 Genetics, animal and plant
$52,907 1 1.72 OTHER social sciences
$52,000 1 1.72 Psychology: Educational
$52,000 1 1.72 Education: Educational psychology
$47,000 1 1.72 Anthropology and archeology
$43,900 1 1.72 Psychology: General
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Other Professional Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Nursing
Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$92,479 13 43.33 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
$54,635 8 26.67 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$76,371 3 10.00 Nursing (4 years or longer program)
$80,667 3 10.00 OTHER health/medical sciences
$50,000 1 3.33 Accounting
$80,000 1 3.33 Liberal Arts/General Studies
$130,000 1 3.33 Education: OTHER education
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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com