2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree adult health nursing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$12,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Winona State University is located in Winona, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s adult health nursing degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Winona State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State University are $12,378, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 11 doctorate’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k)

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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