2022 Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 172 people earned their degree in maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing, making the major the 792nd most popular in the United States.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The maternal/child health and neonatal nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) 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 $30-$48k list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s maternal/child health and neonatal nursing degrees to 1 students 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743.

Full South Dakota State University Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Report

#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 $30-$48k list. Creighton University is a medium-sized school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 11 doctorate’s maternal/child health and neonatal nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton also took the #1 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 Creighton are $18,528, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing at Creighton University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k)

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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