2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,952 people earned their degree in adult health nurse/nursing, making the major the 308th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 149 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in adult health nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult health nurse/nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the adult health nurse/nursing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree adult health nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$13,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s adult health nursing students in 2019-2020.

OCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma City University are $13,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Oklahoma City University

#2

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$24,080 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Tulsa landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 10 doctorate’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Tulsa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Tulsa are $24,080, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at University of Tulsa

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k)

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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