Nursing at George Washington University

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 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.

GWU Nursing Degrees Available

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

GWU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at GWU 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 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #187 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU 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 GWU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 George Washington University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	124
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

GWU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. GWU 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 46% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	75
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	273
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	98
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing	42
Nursing Practice	32
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	17
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	9
Nursing Administration	8
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	7

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Medical Science
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Health/Medical Prep Programs

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Registered Nurses	11,110	$92,350
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,580	$145,760
Nurse Practitioners	840	$109,800
Nursing Instructors and Professors	560	$153,830
Nurse Midwives	40	$95,730

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.