2022 Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 415 people earned their degree in clinical nurse leader, making the major the 566th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 99 clinical nurse leader graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 91 clinical nurse leader graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in clinical nurse leader. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great clinical nurse leader programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the clinical nurse leader program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree clinical nurse leader students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Leader (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Clinical Nurse Leader Master’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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#2

Morningside College

Sioux City, Iowa

$5,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Morningside College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Sioux City, Iowa, and it awarded 2 masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees in 2019-2020.

Morningside also took the #0 spot in our “Best Clinical Nurse Leader Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Morningside are $5,400, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$18,528 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 4 masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton also took the #1 spot in our “Best Clinical Nurse Leader Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton are $18,528, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Leader (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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