2022 Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Geriatric Nurse/Nursing is the 618th most popular major in the country with 665 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 14 geriatric nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 geriatric nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geriatric nurse/nursing 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 geriatric nurse/nursing 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 Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geriatric Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

North Park University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$14,076 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 8 masters’s geriatric nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

North Park not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Park are $14,076.

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#2

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

$19,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Loyola University Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s geriatric nursing degrees to qualified students.

Loyola Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola University Chicago are $19,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geriatric Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geriatric Nurse/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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