Nursing at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 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.

FAU Nursing Degrees Available

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

FAU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at FAU 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 52 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #51 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	123
Hispanic or Latino	83
White	108
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

FAU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	38
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	356
Nursing Practice	43
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	20
Nursing Science	9

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Communication Sciences
• Medicine
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Health Sciences & Services

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 Florida Atlantic 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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.