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Registered Nursing at Florida Atlantic University

If you plan to study registered nursing, take a look at what Florida Atlantic University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and has a total student population of 30,805.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Registered Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

FAU Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing
  • Master’s Degree in Registered Nursing

FAU Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at FAU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at FAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Florida Atlantic University.

FAU Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

87% Women
68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its registered nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 123
Hispanic or Latino 83
White 108
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

FAU Registered Nursing Master’s Program

92% Women
62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of registered nursing master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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In the registered nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a master's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 31
Hispanic or Latino 27
White 38
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Registered Nurses 177,600 $66,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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