2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Nursing Midwifery Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 509 people earned their degree in nurse midwife/nursing midwifery, making the major the 598th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 346 nurse midwife/nursing midwifery graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 314 nurse midwife/nursing midwifery graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nursing Midwifery Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nurse midwife/nursing midwifery. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nurse midwife/nursing midwifery 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 nurse midwife/nursing midwifery program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Nursing Midwifery Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree nursing midwifery students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nursing Midwifery Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s nursing midwifery students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624.

Read more about Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery at Vanderbilt

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nursing Midwifery Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 14 masters’s nursing midwifery degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory also made our “Best Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery at Emory

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery (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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