2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Nursing Practice is the 125th most popular major in the country with 7,550 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,339 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 402 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing practice. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nursing practice programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nursing practice 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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Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Mary

Bismarck, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$17,861 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UMary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nursing Practice Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mary are $17,861, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UMary Nursing Practice Report

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s nursing practice degrees to 378 students in 2019-2020.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nursing Practice Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Nursing Practice at Capella University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (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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