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Registered Nursing at George Mason University

If you are interested in studying registered nursing, you may want to check out the program at George Mason University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 180 registered nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from GMU.

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.

GMU Registered Nursing Degrees Available

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

GMU Registered Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks registered nursing programs across the country. The following shows how GMU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The registered nursing major at GMU 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Registered Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 47
Most Popular Registered Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 47
Most Popular Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 84
Best Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 114
128
Most Focused Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 178
Best Value Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 221
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 241
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 262
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 450
530
Best Registered Nursing Schools 623
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 775
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 911
1,112
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 1,553
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 1,759

In 2021, 42 students received their master’s degree in registered nursing from GMU. This makes it the #84 most popular school for registered nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

84% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 180 students earned a bachelor's degree in registered nursing from GMU. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men. The typical registered nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 32
Black or African American 19
Hispanic or Latino 26
White 82
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

GMU Registered Nursing Master’s Program

93% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 registered nursing majors earned their master's degree from GMU. Of these graduates, 7% were men and 93% were women.

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In the registered nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

GMU also has a doctoral program available in registered nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Registered Nurses 64,750 $69,790
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,480 $70,540

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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