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Nursing at University of Wisconsin - Madison

Nursing at University of Wisconsin - Madison

Every nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nursing program at University of Wisconsin - Madison stacks up to those at other schools.

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 44,640 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.

UW - Madison Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

UW - Madison Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UW - Madison 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 UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison Nursing Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Madison since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UW - Madison 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 University of Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 26
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 154
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Wisconsin - Madison. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 232
Nursing Practice 22
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 3

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation Jobs in WI Average Salary in WI
Registered Nurses 59,030 $71,470
Medical and Health Services Managers 6,250 $107,920
Nurse Practitioners 3,030 $106,790
Nursing Instructors and Professors 960 $86,040
Nurse Anesthetists 680 $204,820

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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