Nursing Program

The nursing program at Kent State University at Ashtabula prepares students for careers in hospitals, convalescent centers, clinics, home care, and physician's offices. The program focuses on knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for the sick, disabled, infirmed, or other individuals or groups. Program courses include: administration of medication and treatments, assisting and physician during treatments and examinations, referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance. Get more details below including other Ohio colleges that offer nursing program.

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Kent State University at Ashtabula

6000 Mahoning Ave, Austintown, OH

Kent State University at Ashtabula is proud to belong to the Kent State University’s eight-campus system, among the largest in the country. Kent State is highly ranked by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for its distinguished researches. One of them is the Liquid Crystal Institute for its research on technology used in calculators, laptops and flat screens televisions worldwide.  

For more than 50 years, this regional campus continues to enhance and preserve its legacy through civil discourse and respect for diverse beliefs. It would be great to be a part of its diverse community where academic, innovative and creative pursuits are carry out together by students and faculty as discoverers, learners and creators.

You can choose from its broad offering of Bachelor Degrees, Associate Degrees, Nursing and Allied Health Programs, Professional Completion Programs, and Certificate programs. Conveniently without leaving the Ashtabula Campus, you can have the quality affordable education to complete all the required coursework or take the preliminary steps for any undergraduate programs at Kent State University. All of these options are lead by its experienced high-credentialed faculty and supportive community which offers personalized academic advising, flash alerts- a text notification system for emergency situations, CARE team and more.

And you’ll surely love the Ashtabula campus! It has a friendly, casual atmosphere of a small liberal arts college which serves the regional needs of Northeast Ohio. Aside from its various educational options, you can enjoy the sight of Lake Erie anywhere inside the campus, attend free indoor and outdoor classical concerts and sipped wine on its lawns. And for summer and school breaks, a resort town and beaches are just minutes away for leisure.

What are you waiting for? Earn a degree from one of the best colleges in Ohio; enroll now at Kent State University at Ashtabula!

Students Enrolled in the Nursing Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Kent State University at Ashtabula offers an associate's degree program in nursing.

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Registered Nurses

Description

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).