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Nursing Schools in Columbus

Columbus, OH (population: 768,662) has six nursing schools within its city limits. Ohio State University-Main Campus, the highest ranked school in the city with a nursing program, has a total student population of 55,014. It is the 33rd highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Ohio. To learn more about nursing programs in Columbus, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of nursing professors at Ohio State University such as Karen Ahijevych, Marsha Atkins, Gerene Bauldoff, Linda Bernhard, Wendy Blakely, and Karen Clancy.

Nursing students from Columbus 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 Columbus area alone, there are 5,380 employed licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earning an average salary of $41,950. Registered nurses in this area earn $61,890/yr and there are 16,460 employed.

Columbus lies in Delaware county, which is one of the 36 counties in Ohio. Overall, the Columbus area has 908,190 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $20.70/hr average worker wage, and a $43,070 average annual salary. Thus, about 18.124 out of every 1000 jobs in Columbus are held by registered nurses, and 5.928/1000 are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.

Of the 6 nursing schools in Columbus, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Capital University comes out as the most expensive ($21,441/yr) for nursing students, with Columbus State Community College as the lowest, reported at only $5,330/yr.

Name	State	Population	# of Schools	Avg School Rank	Total Programs	Distance from Columbus
Hilliard	OH	-	1	21.2344	13	9.4 miles
Canal Winchester	OH	-	1	0.0	0	13.7 miles
Concord Twp	OH	-	1	37.8234	22	46.5 miles
Yellow Springs	OH	-	2	0.482738	0	49.3 miles
Zanesville	OH	-	4	22.0879	68	51.9 miles
Kettering	OH	52,835	4	32.9219	30	64.8 miles
Dayton	OH	151,594	15	24.3199	569	65.8 miles
Piqua	OH	-	2	25.7036	76	67.2 miles
Saint Martin	OH	-	1	11.3716	2	72.1 miles
Tiffin	OH	-	3	36.5272	159	78.4 miles
Lima	OH	-	5	21.8501	114	78.5 miles
Middletown	OH	51,674	7	25.6111	228	80.5 miles
Findlay	OH	-	4	17.9539	100	80.8 miles
Rio Grande	OH	-	3	18.3873	146	83.4 miles
New Boston	OH	-	1	21.3268	7	85.7 miles
New Philadelphia	OH	-	2	20.6614	41	88.6 miles
Vienna	WV	-	2	36.4588	41	89.4 miles
Milan	OH	-	1	27.8478	15	92.7 miles
Medina	OH	-	2	28.5662	14	99.1 miles
Oxford	OH	-	1	41.8383	150	99.1 miles

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