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Registered Nursing at The University of West Florida

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

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and approximately 13,061 students attend the school each year.

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.

UWF Registered Nursing Degrees Available

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

UWF Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at UWF 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 UWF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at The University of West Florida.

UWF Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

84% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% 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 UWF since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at UWF 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 The University of West Florida with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 33
Hispanic or Latino 37
White 194
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 31

UWF Registered Nursing Master’s Program

83% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of registered nursing master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in registered nursing each year. UWF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a registered nursing master's degree from UWF, 61% 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 The University of West Florida with a master's in registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 22
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 FL, the home state for The University of West Florida.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Registered Nurses 177,600 $66,210

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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