Oak Park, IL (population: 49,270) has one nursing education school within its city limits. West Suburban College of Nursing has a total student population of 252. It is the 6201st highest ranked school in the USA and the 237th highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University). To learn more about nursing education programs in Oak Park, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of nursing education professors at West Suburban College of Nursing such as Becky Adamski, Lisa Capps, Susan Carroll, Mona Daye, Darla Dewolff, and Julie Duff.
Nursing Education students from Oak Park schools who go on to become nursing educators, doctors, nurse administrators, nurse educators, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 49,140 people working as nursing instructors and teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,240. Also, Registered nurses make on average $66,530 per year and there are about 2,583,770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area alone, there are 74,720 employed registered nurses earning an average salary of $69,370. Nursing instructors and teachers in this area earn $51,270/yr and there are 1,030 employed.
Oak Park lies in Cook county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Oak Park are held by nursing instructors and teachers, and 20/1000 are held by registered nurses.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, West Suburban College of Nursing ends up costing a student $/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Oak Park |
River Forest | IL | - | 2 | 45.0836 | 173 | 1.3 miles |
River Grove | IL | - | 1 | 11.7006 | 67 | 3.4 miles |
Berwyn | IL | 49,477 | 1 | 23.6937 | 4 | 3.5 miles |
Chicago | IL | 2,878,948 | 79 | 18.4208 | 1,944 | 6.6 miles |
Villa Park | IL | - | 2 | 31.4324 | 7 | 10.2 miles |
Addison | IL | - | 1 | 11.9746 | 2 | 10.6 miles |
Skokie | IL | 66,692 | 6 | 22.9614 | 40 | 10.7 miles |
Des Plaines | IL | 57,512 | 1 | 11.0092 | 69 | 11.2 miles |
Lombard | IL | 43,240 | 3 | 11.1886 | 2 | 11.4 miles |
Evanston | IL | 78,672 | 5 | 24.133 | 202 | 12.2 miles |
Glenview | IL | 46,461 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.2 miles |
Downers Grove | IL | 49,475 | 1 | 0.403237 | 10 | 13.4 miles |
Glen Ellyn | IL | - | 1 | 13.8242 | 100 | 14.3 miles |
Mount Prospect | IL | 52,994 | 2 | 36.9644 | 21 | 14.6 miles |
Glendale Heights | IL | - | 1 | 27.7281 | 3 | 15.0 miles |
Palos Heights | IL | - | 1 | 26.9291 | 61 | 15.4 miles |
Lisle | IL | - | 2 | 24.7595 | 107 | 15.9 miles |
Woodridge | IL | - | 1 | 16.3637 | 24 | 16.7 miles |
Arlington Heights | IL | 73,268 | 1 | 24.4091 | 3 | 16.9 miles |
Blue Island | IL | - | 2 | 31.6013 | 8 | 17.1 miles |
Carol Stream | IL | 40,639 | 0 | - | 0 | 17.6 miles |
Schaumburg | IL | 71,386 | 3 | 11.8364 | 30 | 17.8 miles |
Orland Park | IL | 55,957 | 1 | 26.0399 | 11 | 19.6 miles |
Hanover Park | IL | - | 1 | 22.3828 | 2 | 19.8 miles |
Bolingbrook | IL | 72,318 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.9 miles |
Palatine | IL | 67,435 | 1 | 12.7765 | 87 | 19.9 miles |
Oak Forest | IL | - | 1 | 38.4537 | 3 | 20.0 miles |
Naperville | IL | 146,177 | 1 | 64.8467 | 83 | 20.6 miles |
Hoffman Estates | IL | 54,568 | 1 | 19.0736 | 10 | 21.5 miles |
South Holland | IL | - | 1 | 10.1002 | 61 | 22.1 miles |