2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Administration in Illinois (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Nursing Administration is the 87th most popular major in the country with 8,073 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 189 nursing administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 nursing administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nursing administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nursing administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Nursing Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree nursing administration students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Administration in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

McKendree University

Lebanon, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$9,324 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McKendree University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Lebanon, Illinois, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s nursing administration degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at McKendree, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Nursing Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at McKendree University are $9,324, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nursing Administration at McKendree University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Administration in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Administration (With Aid)

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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