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Nursing Schools in Charlotte

Charlotte, NC (population: 723,514) has six nursing schools within its city limits. University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the highest ranked school in the city with a nursing program, has a total student population of 24,701. It is the 241st highest ranked school in the USA and the 10th highest in the state of North Carolina (#1 is Duke University). To learn more about nursing programs in Charlotte, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of nursing professors at University of North Carolina at Charlotte such as Heather Tonya Anderson, Jennifer Click, Scintilla Coffman, Judith Cornelius, Amy Edinger, and Zach Edinger.

Nursing students from Charlotte 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 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord-SC area alone, there are 2,530 employed licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earning an average salary of $41,190. Registered nurses in this area earn $58,600/yr and there are 17,030 employed.

Charlotte lies in Mecklenburg county, which is one of the 64 counties in North Carolina. Overall, the Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord-SC area has 837,820 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $21.10/hr average worker wage, and a $43,890 average annual salary. Thus, about 20.329 out of every 1000 jobs in Charlotte are held by registered nurses, and 3.018/1000 are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.

Of the 6 nursing schools in Charlotte, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Carolinas College of Health Sciences comes out as the most expensive ($31,017/yr) for nursing students, with University of North Carolina at Charlotte as the lowest, reported at only $7,644/yr.

Name	State	Population	# of Schools	Avg School Rank	Total Programs	Distance from Charlotte
Belmont	NC	-	2	36.2771	82	12.1 miles
Gastonia	NC	75,340	1	28.6194	5	19.5 miles
Rock Hill	SC	72,341	5	30.0256	144	21.3 miles
Kannapolis	NC	44,672	0	-	0	23.3 miles
Mooresville	NC	-	2	20.4244	6	26.6 miles
Misenheimer	NC	-	1	21.9215	70	36.4 miles
Salisbury	NC	-	6	27.3664	241	38.3 miles
Statesville	NC	-	1	10.6088	63	40.4 miles
Hickory	NC	42,082	2	18.4574	166	46.8 miles
Spartanburg	SC	40,665	7	35.0859	216	64.8 miles
Winston Salem	NC	-	7	32.3218	230	70.4 miles
High Point	NC	105,064	3	31.8326	88	71.3 miles
Hartsville	SC	-	2	23.3042	83	71.5 miles
Columbia	SC	130,246	23	20.8948	698	80.3 miles
Greensboro	NC	259,523	7	44.9987	387	82.9 miles
Laurinburg	NC	-	1	18.8047	40	82.9 miles
Dobson	NC	-	1	13.9158	60	82.9 miles
Tigerville	SC	-	1	63.4383	50	87.5 miles
Banner Elk	NC	-	1	22.4512	43	88.7 miles
Burlington	NC	53,389	3	40.9051	223	98.6 miles
Pembroke	NC	-	1	53.5737	73	99.4 miles

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