Nursing at Palm Beach Atlantic University

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

Palm Beach Atlantic is located in West Palm Beach, Florida and approximately 3,704 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.

Palm Beach Atlantic Nursing Degrees Available

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

Palm Beach Atlantic Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Palm Beach Atlantic 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 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #110 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Palm Beach Atlantic

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

Palm Beach Atlantic Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Palm Beach Atlantic University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Palm Beach Atlantic Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Palm Beach Atlantic, 52% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Palm Beach Atlantic University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	81
Nursing Practice	47

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Mental & Social Health 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 Palm Beach 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.