Goodwin College Nursing Programs

Goodwin College is a private not-for-profit institution located in East Hartford, Connecticut. East Hartford is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Goodwin College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Goodwin has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#62	Most Popular Nursing Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#120	Best Nursing Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Goodwin.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#60	Most Popular Nursing Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#118	Best Nursing Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Goodwin has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#99	Highest Paid Nursing Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Goodwin College?

Contact details for Goodwin are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One Riverside Drive, East Hartford, CT 06118
Phone:	860-528-4111
Website:	www.goodwin.edu

How Do I Get Into Goodwin?

You can apply to Goodwin online at: https://application.goodwin.edu/

Goodwin College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Goodwin College?

The overall average net price of Goodwin is $28,830. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Goodwin, approximately 86% of students took out student loans averaging $7,268 a year. That adds up to $29,072 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Goodwin is 10.4%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Goodwin College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,208 undergraduate students at Goodwin, with 453 being full-time and 2,755 being part-time.

There are also 89 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 453 full-time undergraduates at Goodwin, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Goodwin College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	22
Black or African American	81
Hispanic or Latino	108
White	215
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Geographic Diversity

Connecticut students aren't the only ones who study at Goodwin College. At this time, 3 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 3 countries are represented at Goodwin. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Ghana, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Goodwin College

There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 1 master’s degree programs available online at Goodwin. In 2017-2018, 2,025 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Goodwin has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in Connecticut for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of Goodwin

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Goodwin College was 15.3%. This is the #682 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Goodwin regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Goodwin majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Nursing	13%
Registered Nursing	13%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Goodwin ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Goodwin.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Nursing Science	#12
Nursing	#212

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Goodwin College Nursing Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Registered Nursing	198	78	276
Nursing Science	0	0	0
TOTAL	198	78	276

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.