2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Critical Care Nursing is the 565th most popular major in the country with 583 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 157 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 136 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in critical care nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great critical care nursing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the critical care nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s critical care nursing degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Critical Care Nursing at Vanderbilt University

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 50 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Critical Care Nursing at UofSC

#3

Barry University

Miami, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$17,910 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barry University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Barry University is located in Miami, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 masters’s critical care nursing degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Barry University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Barry University are $17,910, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Critical Care Nursing at Barry University

#4

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Collegedale, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s critical care nursing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Adventist, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Adventist are $11,700.

Read full report on Critical Care Nursing at Southern Adventist

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (Income $0-$30k)

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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