Nursing at The University of West Florida

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

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and approximately 13,061 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.

UWF Nursing Degrees Available

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

UWF Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UWF 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.

Nursing Student Demographics at UWF

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

UWF Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UWF since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UWF 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 The University of West Florida with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	194
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

UWF Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UWF, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	82
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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 The University of West Florida. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	508
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	35

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Public Health
• 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 The University of West Florida.

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.