average age of a new nurse?

[clemmm78]

I'm doing some research and am wondering what the average age is of graduating nurses these days. What is your experience?

When I graduated from nursing in the early 80s, most of us were in our early 20s, but I'm told that more and more nursing classes have more older students who are going back to school for a second career.

Thanks!

[Dolce, RN]

I graduated at age 20 with my RN, but the vast majority of my graduating class were in their 30s and 40s. We had a few in their 50s. I really felt like the minority. A lot of my classmates had previous bachelors degrees and one already had a masters degree.

[4theBetterGetter, RN]

I graduated at age 30. There were quite a few "mature" students in my graduating class!

[hlfpnt, BSN, RN]

Graduated at 42, 75% of my class was my age or older. We did have one that was 19 when we started.

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

I'll be 39 when I graduate my LPN school. And 40 when I get my RN!

I started out in nursing school in the late 80's as the traditional student (just graduated high school).

My class of 38 the average age seems to be around early 30's. We have some really young ones (18, 19 yr olds) and a few that are a tad older than me.

[Trophywife81]

I will be 27 when I complete LVN training...but I already have a BA degree. Hope to start an alternate-entry MSN in a few years and have that by age 32.

[pattymwrn]

I graduated at age 55 yrs with a BSN in 2006.:mortarboard:

[HeartsOpenWide, RN]

I will be 28 when I graduate with my BSN (I am 26 now)

[Beary-nice]

I was 18 when I went to LPN school in 1988, 19 when I graduated from that. Went back for my RN at age 34 and finished that at age 37. Seems most of my classmates were anywhere from mid-twenties on up. Several of us thirty-somethings this time around it seemed.

[lizzyberry]

When I graduate I will be 27. I dont think I could have done nursing school when I was younger,too immature and wanted to party.

[beth66335, BSN, RN]

I am going to be 40 y/o this June and start school in August. I should finish in May of 09 so I will still be 41 for 2 weeks after that; I will be 42 before I NCLEX and find a job though. I will be very, very happy !

[JHRN2BE]

I just graduated this May with my ADN. I am 36 years old (will turn 37 this summer). My class was mainly women in their 30's-50's with a few in their 20's (and 2 sweet young men in their 20's).

J

[bluetack, RN]

I was 27 when I graduated in 2003. I would say about 1/3 of my class was my age or older, there were a lot of people who were coming in nursing after doing other degrees or as a second career.