2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing is the 792nd most popular major in the country with 172 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 41 maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree maternal/child health and neonatal nursing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 1 doctorate’s maternal/child health and neonatal nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing at South Dakota State University

#2

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$18,528 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Creighton University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 11 doctorate’s maternal/child health and neonatal nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton are $18,528.

Read full report on Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing at Creighton

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal 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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