2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Minnesota, there were 37 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the adult health nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in Minnesota

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$15,140 Average Net Price

$41,821 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Winona State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s adult health nursing degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Winona State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Schools in Minnesota” list. The yearly cost to attend Winona State is $15,140 for Minnesota Adult Health Nursing students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Winona State Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Report

#2

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$17,062 Average Net Price

$51,186 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Catherine University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k list. St Catherine University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 30 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s also took the #2 spot in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Schools in Minnesota” ranking. It costs about $17,062 for Minnesota Adult Health Nursing students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend St Catherine University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full St Catherine University Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Report

• Best Value Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value 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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