Nursing at Florida Gulf Coast University

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at Florida Gulf Coast University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and has a total student population of 15,358.

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

FGCU Nursing Degrees Available

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

FGCU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at FGCU 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 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #169 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at FGCU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	52
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

FGCU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida Gulf Coast University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	109
Nursing Practice	17

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health Professions
• Public Health
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• 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 Gulf Coast 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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.