Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Doctoral Program Characteristics

PhD in Nursing Science Characteristics

Graduation stats

Number of doctoral degrees awarded per year

The number of doctoral degrees awarded per year for each of the 3 most recent years.

2017 2018 2019
4 1 1
Graduation rates

Percentage of doctoral students who graduated within 10 years for each of the 3 most recent years. Graduation rates are based on the methodology used in the Accountability System, which uses CBM001 data to identify students beginning a program at a specified time and uses CMB009 data to track students from that cohort who graduate within the following 10-year period.

2017 2018 2019
66.67% 100% 33.33%
Average time to degree

The average of graduates' time to degree for each of the most recent 3 years. For each academic year, "time to degree" is defined as beginning the year students matriculated with a doctoral degree objective until the year they graduated.

2017 2018 2019
6.0 4.0 6.0
Employment profile

The number and percentage of graduates employed in their field within one year of graduation, those still seeking employment, and unknown for each of the 3 most recent years. Employment includes full-time self-employment, private practice, residency, fellowship, and other opportunities for further training or education.

Employment 2017 2018 2019
Employed 4 1 0
Still seeking 0 0 1
Unknown 0 0 0

Student stats

Percentage of full-time students

The fall semesters' number of full-time student equivalents divided by the headcount number of students enrolled for each of the 3 most recent years. Definition of "full-time student" is 18 semester credit hours per year.

2017 2018 2019
29% 16% 41%
Percentage of full-time students with institutional financial support

The percentage of full-time students with at least $1,000 of annual support for each of the 3 most recent years.

2017 2018 2019
50% 100% Waiting on OIR
Student publications/presentations

The number of discipline-related refereed paper/publications, juried creative/performance accomplishments, and external presentations per year for each of the 3 most recent years.

Activities 2017 2018 2019
Discipline-related referred papers / publications 10 20 8
Student-core faculty ratio

The number of full-time student equivalents divided by the number of full-time faculty equivalents of core faculty for each of the 3 most recent years.

2017 2018 2019
1.80 1.16 0.83

Faculty stats

Faculty Diversity

The core faculty by gender and ethnicity for each of the 3 most recent years.

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Ethnicity Men Women
White 6
Black
Hispanic 2 2
Asian 1
American Indian / Alaskan Native
International
Unknown / Not reported
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
Faculty teaching load

The total number of semester credit hours in organized teaching courses taught per academic year by core faculty divided by the number of core faculty for each of the 3 most recent years. Organized classes include lecture, laboratory, and seminar courses.

2017 2018 2019
21.2 19.72 20.76
Core faculty

The number of core faculty for each of the 3 most recent years. "Core faculty" is defined as appropriately credentialed individuals intergral to the doctoral program, such as those who teach courses, mentor students, or serve on dissertation committeees.

2017 2018 2019
6 11 13
Core faculty activities

The avergae number of discipline-related refereed papers/publications, juried creative/performance accomplishments, and notices of discoveriesfiled/patents issued per core faculty member for each of the 3 most recent years.

Activities 2017 2018 2019
Discipline-related referred papers/publications 0.83 1.73 2.07
Juried creative/performance accomplishments
Notices of discoveries filed/patents issued
Core faculty external grants

The number of core faculty receiving external funds, average external funds, average external funds per core faculty member, and total external funds per program for each of the 3 most recent years.

Grants 2017 2018 2019
Number of core faculty receiving external funds 3/6 7/11 5/13
Average external funds per core faculty members 191,667 270,598 197,905
Total external funds per program 1,089,999 2,916,580 2,572,772

Institutional stats

Average institutional financial support provided

The average annual monetary institutional support provided per full-time student from assistanships, scholarships, stipends, grants, and fellowships (does not include tuition or benefits) for each of the 3 most recent years.

Date of last external review

2015-2015