Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Wisconsin - Madison. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in nursing, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UW - Madison paid an average of $1,503 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $670 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $10,728 | $24,054 |
Fees | $1,469 | $1,469 |
UW - Madison does not offer an online option for its nursing doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UW - Madison Online Learning page.
Women made up around 81.8% of the nursing students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 86.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 18.2% of the nursing doctor’s degrees at UW - Madison in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 24 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Registered Nursing | 5 |
Nursing Practice | 28 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Communication Sciences | 17 |
Medicine | 159 |
Medical Science | 3 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 142 |
Public Health | 12 |
*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.