Nursing at The University of West Florida

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 The University of West Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and has a total student population of 13,061. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 456 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from UWF.

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

Online Classes Are Available at UWF

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? UWF offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UWF Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how UWF 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Popular Nursing Schools	74
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	114
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	273
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	359
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	368
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	445
	494
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	511
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	637
Most Focused Nursing Schools	684
	684
Best Nursing Schools	980
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,195
	1,449

In 2021, 87 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UWF. This makes it the #114 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UWF Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UWF is $60,076. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing students.

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

Of the 456 nursing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UWF, about 16% were men and 84% were 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 2% more men than average.

About 63% 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	18
Black or African American	59
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	288
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

UWF Nursing Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 87 nursing majors earned their master's degree from UWF. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UWF, 74% 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	1
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	64
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UWF also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 0 student 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of West Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree 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.