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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at George Washington University

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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at George Washington University

Every psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychiatric/mental health nursing program at George Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GWU does offer online courses in psychiatric/mental health nursing for the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

GWU Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychiatric/mental health nursing majors at George Washington University.

GWU Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

73% Women
82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in psychiatric/mental health nursing each year. GWU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

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In the psychiatric/mental health nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 82% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health 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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Registered Nurses 11,110 $92,350
Nurse Practitioners 840 $109,800
Nursing Instructors and Professors 560 $153,830

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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