Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants
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Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants degree recipients are Indianapolis city (balance), IN, Ankeny, IA, and Fremont, CA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants and the types of students that study this field. Ivy Tech Community College awards the most degrees in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants in the US, but Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing and Eastern Suffolk BOCES have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants.
Tuition costs for Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants majors are, on average, $4,050 for in-state public colleges, and $12,360 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants programs are Public, 2-year institutions (609 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (49,423 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants, is Public, 2-year (49,423 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Ivy Tech Community College has the most Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants degree recipients, with 3,131 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants.
Out of all institutions that offer Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Health majors is $87,543 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
The industry that employs the most Health majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Farm supplies merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Health majors is $87,543 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Nurse anesthetists.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.36%, from 4.51M in 2021 to 4.66M in 2022.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.5%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Outpatient care centers, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are Farm supplies merchant wholesalers, Aerospace products & parts manufacturing, and Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.36%, from 4.51M in 2021 to 4.66M in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Health graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Outpatient care centers. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Health.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 3.06% and 3% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Certificate of less than 1 academic year, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.03 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (202,070 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants majors need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Service Orientation, and Coordination.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, and Coordination are the three most important skills for people in the field.
