Registered Nursing at Georgia Southwestern State University

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

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 Registered Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

GSW Registered Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GSW

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GSW does offer online courses in registered nursing for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GSW Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at GSW 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 GSW

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

GSW Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical registered 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 registered 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 registered 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 Registered Nursing Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a registered 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 registered 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

Related Majors

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southwestern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Registered Nurses	76,640	$68,950
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,130	$71,470

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.