Nursing at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 154 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Georgia State.

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

Georgia State Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Georgia State

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Georgia State offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

Georgia State Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how Georgia State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Georgia State 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	177
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	305

In 2021, 37 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Georgia State. This makes it the #251 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #177 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Georgia State Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia State is $65,469. This is 4% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Nursing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 154 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in nursing from Georgia State. About 14% were men and 86% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Georgia State since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Georgia State University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	55
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	40
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Georgia State Nursing Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students graduated with a master's degree in nursing from Georgia State. About 5% were men and 95% were women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Georgia State also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Other Health Professions

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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Registered Nurses	76,640	$68,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	8,790	$111,850
Nurse Practitioners	6,110	$106,750
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,130	$71,470
Nurse Anesthetists	990	$151,070

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.