2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Adult Health Nurse/Nursing is the 308th most popular major in the country with 1,952 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 106 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in adult health nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult health nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult health nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The adult health nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$12,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Winona State University is a medium-sized school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 1 doctorate’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Winona State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State are $12,378, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Winona State University

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s adult health nursing degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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