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Nursing at Purdue University Fort Wayne

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

PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and has a total student population of 8,093. Of the 1,135 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2021, 48 of them were nursing majors.

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

PFW Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at PFW

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, PFW does offer online courses in nursing for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

PFW Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at PFW compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at PFW 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 Online Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 112
Best Nursing Schools 798
Most Focused Nursing Schools 1,696

Earnings of PFW Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at PFW is $53,059. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing students.

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Nursing Student Demographics at PFW

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

PFW Nursing Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 48 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from PFW in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

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About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at PFW 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 38
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

PFW also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Registered Nurses 67,870 $64,860
Medical and Health Services Managers 7,350 $101,720
Nurse Practitioners 4,780 $103,200
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,350 $76,280
Nurse Anesthetists 690 $156,580

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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