2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Administration Major in the Southwest Region
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In 2021-2022, 8,663 people earned their degree in nursing administration, making the major the 85th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,716 nursing administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 nursing administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Administration Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nursing administration. That schools that top this list have a program in nursing administration in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Administration Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree nursing administration students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Administration in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Administration Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Aspen University landed the #1 spot on the list. Aspen University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 40 doctorate’s nursing administration degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Nursing Administration at Aspen University
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Administration Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s nursing administration students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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