Critical Care Nursing
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Critical Care Nursing degree recipients are Phoenix, AZ, Town and Country, MO, and New York, NY. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Critical Care Nursing degree recipients are Town and Country, MO, Pepper Pike, OH, and Miami Shores, FL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Critical Care Nursing is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Critical Care Nursing and the types of students that study this field. Grand Canyon University awards the most degrees in Critical Care Nursing in the US, but Dewey University-Hato Rey-Hato Rey Campus-Archive2021 and Maryville University of Saint Louis have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Critical Care Nursing.
Tuition costs for Critical Care Nursing majors are, on average, $9,446 for in-state public colleges, and $39,260 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Critical Care Nursing programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (27 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (505 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Critical Care Nursing, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (505 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Critical Care Nursing programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Grand Canyon University has the most Critical Care Nursing degree recipients, with 197 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Critical Care Nursing.
Out of all institutions that offer Critical Care Nursing programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Dewey University-Hato Rey-Hato Rey Campus-Archive2021 has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Critical Care Nursing, with 7.95%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Critical Care Nursing by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Critical Care Nursing.
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 $81,847 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 Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Health majors is $81,847 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 Chief executives & legislators.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.7%). 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 Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers, Farm supplies merchant wholesalers, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.
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 2.98% and 2.93% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Critical Care Nursing are Masters Degree, Post-Masters Certificate, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
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 Critical Care Nursing.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Critical Care Nursing 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 Masters Degree recipients in Critical Care Nursing.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.11 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 (199,567 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Critical Care Nursing field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Critical Care Nursing majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Critical Care Nursing majors need more than the average amount of Science, Operations Analysis, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Active Learning, Operation Monitoring, Persuasion, Monitoring, Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Speaking, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Systems Evaluation, Operation and Control, Systems Analysis, Mathematics, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Troubleshooting, Installation, Management of Financial Resources, Technology Design, Programming, Equipment Selection, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.
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 Critical Care Nursing 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 Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Service Orientation, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Writing, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Time Management, Persuasion, Science, Systems Evaluation, Operations Analysis, Systems Analysis, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Mathematics, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Operation and Control, Management of Financial Resources, Troubleshooting, Technology Design, Programming, Installation, Equipment Selection, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
