North Richland Hills, TX (population: 67,133) has eighteen BSN schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Texas Christian University, the highest ranked school in this group with a BSN program, has a total student population of 8,853. It is the 142nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
BSN students from North Richland Hills schools who go on to become nurses, forensic nurses, licensed vocational nurses, nurse administrators, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,583,770 people working as registered nurses alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $66,530. Also, Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses make on average $40,900 per year and there are about 728,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan area alone, there are 4,220 employed licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earning an average salary of $41,930. Registered nurses in this area earn $63,400/yr and there are 13,670 employed.
North Richland Hills lies in Tarrant county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan area has 856,430 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.1% unemployment rate, $19.78/hr average worker wage, and a $41,140 average annual salary. Thus, about 15.962 out of every 1000 jobs in North Richland Hills are held by registered nurses, and 4.929/1000 are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
Of the 18 BSN schools with a 100-mile radius of North Richland Hills, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Baylor University comes out as the most expensive ($26,444/yr) for BSN students, with North Central Texas College as the lowest, reported at only $4,633/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from North Richland Hills |
Keller | TX | 41,437 | 0 | - | 0 | 4.9 miles |
Grapevine | TX | 51,993 | 0 | - | 0 | 10.0 miles |
Fort Worth | TX | 751,149 | 10 | 30.6263 | 324 | 10.3 miles |
Forth Worth | TX | - | 3 | 11.7915 | 4 | 11.0 miles |
Arlington | TX | 385,024 | 17 | 27.7925 | 325 | 12.9 miles |
Flower Mound | TX | 72,721 | 0 | - | 0 | 14.0 miles |
Irving | TX | 206,798 | 5 | 26.9216 | 138 | 14.5 miles |
Grand Prairie | TX | 167,767 | 3 | 23.6315 | 22 | 16.5 miles |
Lewisville | TX | 108,843 | 0 | - | 0 | 18.7 miles |
Carrollton | TX | 130,013 | 4 | 29.2073 | 85 | 20.6 miles |
Mansfield | TX | 51,237 | 5 | 21.6558 | 95 | 20.9 miles |
Denton | TX | 127,364 | 2 | 47.1819 | 284 | 24.8 miles |
Dallas | TX | 1,304,930 | 38 | 20.246 | 638 | 26.6 miles |
Plano | TX | 282,016 | 1 | 11.5039 | 67 | 30.3 miles |
Frisco | TX | 114,533 | 0 | - | 0 | 30.7 miles |
University | MS | - | 1 | 33.9448 | 106 | 30.9 miles |
Garland | TX | 220,597 | 5 | 20.3828 | 26 | 34.4 miles |
Allen | TX | 90,456 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.3 miles |
Mesquite | TX | 134,509 | 2 | 15.1606 | 53 | 36.6 miles |
Rowlett | TX | 57,581 | 0 | - | 0 | 39.1 miles |
Corsicana | TX | - | 1 | 14.4403 | 62 | 68.7 miles |
Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 91.0 miles |
Durant | OK | - | 3 | 29.6864 | 92 | 92.5 miles |