Nursing at Georgia Southwestern State University

Every nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nursing program at Georgia Southwestern State University stacks up to those at other schools.

GSW is located in Americus, Georgia and has a total student population of 3,162.

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

GSW Nursing Degrees Available

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

GSW Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at GSW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Nursing Student Demographics at GSW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Georgia Southwestern State University.

GSW Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at GSW since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at GSW are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GSW Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from GSW, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	42
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Georgia Southwestern State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	78

Related Majors

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southwestern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Registered Nurses	76,640	$68,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	8,790	$111,850
Nurse Practitioners	6,110	$106,750
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,130	$71,470
Nurse Anesthetists	990	$151,070

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.