2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Leader in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Clinical Nurse Leader is the 566th most popular major in the country with 415 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 6 clinical nurse leader graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 clinical nurse leader graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in clinical nurse leader. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical nurse leader programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Leader in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Lander University

Greenwood, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$17,844 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lander University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lander University is a public institution located in Greenwood, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lander University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Clinical Nurse Leader Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lander University are $17,844, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of South Carolina - Upstate

Spartanburg, South Carolina

$30,135 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Upstate. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Clinical Nurse Leader Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. University of South Carolina - Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees to qualified students.

USC Upstate also made our “Best Clinical Nurse Leader Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Upstate are $30,135.

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

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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