Plano, TX (population: 282,016) has one BSN school within its city limits. Collin County Community College District has a total student population of 24,872. It is the 5394th highest ranked school in the USA and the 308th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
BSN students from Plano 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 Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area alone, there are 10,390 employed licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earning an average salary of $46,980. Registered nurses in this area earn $67,530/yr and there are 31,100 employed.
Plano lies in Dallas county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area has 2,047,600 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $22.17/hr average worker wage, and a $46,110 average annual salary. Thus, about 15.187 out of every 1000 jobs in Plano are held by registered nurses, and 5.074/1000 are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Collin County Community College District ends up costing a student $4,802/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Plano |
University | MS | - | 1 | 33.9448 | 106 | 1.2 miles |
Allen | TX | 90,456 | 0 | - | 0 | 6.2 miles |
Frisco | TX | 114,533 | 0 | - | 0 | 7.1 miles |
Carrollton | TX | 130,013 | 4 | 29.2073 | 85 | 9.6 miles |
Garland | TX | 220,597 | 5 | 20.3828 | 26 | 11.9 miles |
Lewisville | TX | 108,843 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.4 miles |
Rowlett | TX | 57,581 | 0 | - | 0 | 15.1 miles |
Dallas | TX | 1,304,930 | 38 | 20.246 | 638 | 18.0 miles |
Irving | TX | 206,798 | 5 | 26.9216 | 138 | 18.3 miles |
Flower Mound | TX | 72,721 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.8 miles |
Grapevine | TX | 51,993 | 0 | - | 0 | 20.3 miles |
Mesquite | TX | 134,509 | 2 | 15.1606 | 53 | 21.2 miles |
Denton | TX | 127,364 | 2 | 47.1819 | 284 | 24.6 miles |
Keller | TX | 41,437 | 0 | - | 0 | 29.1 miles |
Grand Prairie | TX | 167,767 | 3 | 23.6315 | 22 | 29.4 miles |
North Richland Hills | TX | 67,133 | 1 | 26.4697 | 12 | 30.3 miles |
Arlington | TX | 385,024 | 17 | 27.7925 | 325 | 33.3 miles |
Mansfield | TX | 51,237 | 5 | 21.6558 | 95 | 39.6 miles |
Forth Worth | TX | - | 3 | 11.7915 | 4 | 40.0 miles |
Fort Worth | TX | 751,149 | 10 | 30.6263 | 324 | 40.1 miles |
Corsicana | TX | - | 1 | 14.4403 | 62 | 68.0 miles |
Durant | OK | - | 3 | 29.6864 | 92 | 68.9 miles |
Paris | TX | - | 2 | 22.8036 | 81 | 80.9 miles |
Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 81.0 miles |
Tyler | TX | 101,017 | 4 | 24.7884 | 222 | 98.0 miles |