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Registered Nursing at Purdue University Fort Wayne

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

PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and has a total student population of 8,093. Of the 48 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2021, 48 of them were registered nursing majors.

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.

PFW Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at PFW

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? PFW offers distance education options for registered nursing at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

PFW Registered Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the registered nursing progam at PFW compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The registered nursing major at PFW 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 Popular Online Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 107
Most Popular Online Registered Nursing Schools 117
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 417
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 517
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 667
Best Registered Nursing Schools 745
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 775
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Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 1,150
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 1,265
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 1,576
1,712

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at PFW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Purdue University Fort Wayne.

PFW Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 registered nursing majors earned their bachelor's degree from PFW. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women.

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About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at PFW 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 38
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

PFW 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Registered Nurses 67,870 $64,860
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,350 $76,280

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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