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Nursing at University of Florida

Every nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nursing program at University of Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year.

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

UF Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

UF Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UF 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.

Nursing Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Nursing Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UF are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 University of Florida with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 22
Black or African American 23
Hispanic or Latino 43
White 129
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 200
Nursing Practice 86
Nursing Science 8

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 University of Florida.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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