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Nursing Schools in Kansas City

Kansas City, MO (population: 454,520) has eight nursing schools within its city limits. Concorde Career Colleges, the highest ranked school in the city with a nursing program, has a total student population of 821. It is the 1757th highest ranked school in the USA and the 53rd highest in the state of Missouri (#1 is Webster University).

Nursing students from Kansas City schools who go on to become nurses, registered nurses, practical nurses, pediatric nurses, 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 Kansas City-KS area alone, there are 5,000 employed licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earning an average salary of $37,520. Registered nurses in this area earn $60,890/yr and there are 20,850 employed.

Kansas City lies in Jackson county, which is one of the 39 counties in Missouri. Overall, the Kansas City-KS area has 988,100 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.8% unemployment rate, $20.79/hr average worker wage, and a $43,240 average annual salary. Thus, about 21.106 out of every 1000 jobs in Kansas City are held by registered nurses, and 5.063/1000 are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.

Of the 8 nursing schools in Kansas City, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Concorde Career Colleges comes out as the most expensive ($21,200/yr) for nursing students, with Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley as the lowest, reported at only $3,266/yr.

Nursing Programs in Kansas City

Concorde Career Colleges

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Rockhurst University

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Missouri-Kansas City

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Research College of Nursing

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

Avila University

• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Associates

National American University-Zona Rosa

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

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