Nursing at Nova Southeastern University

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

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888.

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

NUS Florida Nursing Degrees Available

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

NUS Florida Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at NUS Florida 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #234 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at NUS Florida

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Nova Southeastern University.

NUS Florida Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	74
Hispanic or Latino	200
White	77
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

NUS Florida Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. NUS Florida does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 25% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	94
White	76
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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 Nova Southeastern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	440
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	179
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	7

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Registered Nurses	177,600	$66,210
Nurse Practitioners	10,590	$101,100
Nurse Anesthetists	2,180	$177,390
Nurse Midwives	330	$88,060

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.