by our College Data Analytics TeamNursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at George Washington University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in nursing, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at GWU was $1,765 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $31,770 | $31,770 |
| Fees | $54 | $54 |
nursing who receive their master’s degree from GWU make an average of $95,969 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $97,473.
GWU does not offer an online option for its nursing master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GWU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 94.3% of the nursing students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Around 31.6% of nursing master’s degree recipients at GWU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 25 |
| Black or African American | 23 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 113 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 35 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing Administration | 19 |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 121 |
| Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery | 6 |
| Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing | 29 |
| Nursing Practice | 14 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 59 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 297 |
| Allied Health Professions | 67 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 17 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 9 |
*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.