Nursing at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 71,881.

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

UCF Nursing Degrees Available

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

UCF Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UCF 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 47 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #63 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	60
Black or African American	88
Hispanic or Latino	190
White	356
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

UCF Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UCF, 69% 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 University of Central Florida with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at University of Central Florida. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Central Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	859
Nursing Practice	40
Nursing Science	8

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Medicine

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 University of Central 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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.