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2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

4 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$24,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 56 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in critical care nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent critical care 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 critical care nursing 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s critical care nursing students in 2019-2020.

Case Western not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Ursuline College

Pepper Pike, Ohio
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ursuline College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Pepper Pike, Ohio, and it awarded 3 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree critical care nursing students whose families make $48-$75k list, Ursuline College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ursuline College are $22,192, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Youngstown State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Youngstown State University is a public institution located in Youngstown, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Youngstown State University, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Youngstown State University are $9,495, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. Loyola University Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s critical care nursing degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree critical care nursing students whose families make $48-$75k list, Loyola Chicago has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Chicago are $19,154.

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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%.

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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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