Nursing at George Washington University

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017. Of the 463 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in 2021, 273 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.

GWU Nursing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GWU offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GWU Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how GWU performed in these rankings.

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 GWU 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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	31
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	59
Most Popular Nursing Schools	93
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools	144
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,436

In 2021, 168 students received their master’s degree in nursing from GWU. This makes it the #60 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #187 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from GWU Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at GWU is $68,769. This is 9% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 273 nursing majors earned their bachelor's degree from GWU. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 George Washington University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	52
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	131
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

GWU Nursing Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 168 students graduated with a master's degree in nursing from GWU. About 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from GWU, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	91
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

GWU also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 15 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at George Washington University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	273
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	98
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing	42
Nursing Practice	32
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	17
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	9
Nursing Administration	8
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	7

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Medical Science
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Health/Medical Prep Programs

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Registered Nurses	11,110	$92,350
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,580	$145,760
Nurse Practitioners	840	$109,800
Nursing Instructors and Professors	560	$153,830
Nurse Midwives	40	$95,730

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.