Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates just 8.9% of the country’s 2.7 million registered nurses in 2011 were male. By 2015, men accounted for 10.6% of a workforce approximately 3 million strong. Last year, the data indicates, 13% of the country’s 3.2 million registered nurses were male.
About 14% of entry-level baccalaureate nursing program graduates were male in 2020, according to data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Some of the country’s larger nursing schools have reported increases as high as 30% in the number of men enrolling in their programs in recent years.
Media coverage over the past two years that focused on the plight of nurses during the pandemic, along with the economic opportunities within the field due to labor shortages, likely has encouraged more individuals to look at nursing as a possible career.
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