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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 185 geriatric nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 179 geriatric nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geriatric nurse/nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the geriatric nurse/nursing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geriatric Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Graceland University - Lamoni

Lamoni, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$17,647 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Graceland University - Lamoni. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lamoni, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s geriatric nursing degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Graceland Lamoni, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Graceland University - Lamoni are $17,647, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Graceland University - Lamoni Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Report

#2

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$15,696 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. Maryville U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 163 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Maryville U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville U are $15,696, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Geriatric Nurse/Nursing at Maryville University of Saint Louis

#3

Morningside College

Sioux City, Iowa

$5,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Morningside College is located in Sioux City, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s geriatric nursing degrees to qualified students.

Morningside also took the #0 spot in our “Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Morningside College are $5,400, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Geriatric Nurse/Nursing at Morningside College

• 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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