Nursing Schools In Alabama
Alabama has 38 accredited nursing schools where nursing faculty who teach nursing classes can find employment. The trends in Alabama's nursing academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in nursing includes nursing training at the following levels:
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Professional Trends
Alabama Vs. National Nursing Employment
| Alabama | 82,940 |
| National | 5,150,780 |
Approximately 2% of the country's nursing professionals work in Alabama state.
Employment Growth for Nursing professionals In Alabama
| 78,980 | 80,320 | 82,260 | 81,660 | 82,940 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Yellow: Actual Values
Nursing is a growing field in Alabama. In Alabama, 3,960 more nursing professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Alabama, this field has grown by 5% in four years. This is slower than the trend for nursing professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of nursing professionals has grown by 7% between 2006 and 2010.
Nursing VS. All Professions salaries in Alabama
| $51,898 | $52,162 | $54,142 | $49,450 | $50,655 |
| $39,917 | $41,500 | $42,923 | $44,323 | $46,099 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Nursing
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Alabama, as the number of nursing professionals is growing, the salaries earned by nursing professionals are decreasing. In 2006 nursing professionals made a mean salary of $51,898 per year, and in 2010 they made $50,655 per year.
Salary percentiles for Nursing professionals in Alabama
10th percentile |
$33,550 |
25th percentile |
$39,868 |
50th percentile |
$47,915 |
75th percentile |
$58,490 |
90th percentile |
$71,035 |
This represents a 2% decline in salaries. This decline is quite different from state trends for all professionals. In the state of Alabama, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of nursing. The pay differential between the highest paid nursing professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 112%
Average Salaries for Nursing professionals and related professions in Alabama
BSN |
$57,850 |
Forensic Nursing |
$89,420 |
Gerontology |
$57,020 |
Nursing |
$50,655 |
RN to BSN |
$57,850 |
In Alabama, nursing professionals make, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Nursing programs available for each degree type for all schools in Alabama
associate |
25 |
bachelor |
16 |
master |
16 |
doctor |
6 |
Certificate |
38 |
| Total | 101 |
The number of students graduating from the 38 accredited nursing schools in Alabama is increasing. In 2006, 189 students graduated from nursing courses in Alabama. And in 2010, 5,503 students graduated.
This represents a 2812% increase in the number of nursing degree or certificate school graduates in Alabama state. A majority of these graduates, or 38%, graduated with a undergraduate certificate in nursing.