Mesa, AZ (population: 474,115) has two registered nurse schools within its city limits. Pima Medical Institute, the highest ranked school in the city with a registered nurse program, has a total student population of 1,274. It is the 2416th highest ranked school in the USA and the 24th highest in the state of Arizona (#1 is Northern Arizona University).
Registered Nurse students from Mesa schools who go on to become registered nuclear medicine technologists, nurses, radiologists, radiology technicians, 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, Nuclear medicine technologists make on average $68,450 per year and there are about 21,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area alone, there are 240 employed nuclear medicine technologists earning an average salary of $72,030. Registered nurses in this area earn $68,200/yr and there are 24,300 employed.
Mesa lies in Maricopa county, which is one of the 15 counties in Arizona. Overall, the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area has 1,763,410 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $41,930 average annual salary. Thus, about 14 out of every 1000 jobs in Mesa are held by registered nurses, and 0/1000 are held by nuclear medicine technologists.
Of the 2 registered nurse schools in Mesa, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Pima Medical Institute comes out as the most expensive ($16,281/yr) for registered nurse students, with Mesa Community College as the lowest, reported at only $9,090/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Mesa |
Gilbert | AZ | 243,090 | 0 | - | 0 | 6.3 miles |
Tempe | AZ | 181,658 | 9 | 21.5079 | 137 | 11.2 miles |
Chandler | AZ | 258,122 | 5 | 22.1433 | 88 | 11.2 miles |
Scottsdale | AZ | 241,464 | 7 | 18.4016 | 124 | 20.1 miles |
Phoenix | AZ | 1,635,783 | 32 | 17.3678 | 810 | 20.8 miles |
Glendale | AZ | 255,662 | 10 | 18.0628 | 241 | 28.7 miles |
Maricopa | AZ | 53,723 | 0 | - | 0 | 30.7 miles |
Avondale | AZ | 89,387 | 5 | 24.8339 | 71 | 33.5 miles |
Peoria | AZ | 168,424 | 5 | 16.2489 | 161 | 34.3 miles |
Casa Grande | AZ | 47,388 | 1 | 16.7022 | 3 | 36.7 miles |
Surprise | AZ | 104,876 | 0 | - | 0 | 45.2 miles |
Buckeye | AZ | 61,572 | 0 | - | 0 | 49.1 miles |
Prescott Valley | AZ | 41,046 | 1 | 8.12951 | 6 | 88.8 miles |
Prescott | AZ | 44,035 | 4 | 31.39 | 279 | 90.0 miles |
Tucson | AZ | 551,067 | 19 | 23.0062 | 495 | 97.8 miles |