2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k) in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Practice Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 277 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nursing practice program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$12,780 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Messiah University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 17 masters’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.

Messiah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nursing Practice Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Messiah University are $12,780, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Misericordia University

Dallas, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$37,390 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Misericordia University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Dallas, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 22 masters’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.

Misericordia University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nursing Practice Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Misericordia University are $37,390, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Scranton

Scranton, Pennsylvania

$11,630 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Scranton. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k. Scranton, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nursing practice degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

University of Scranton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Nursing Practice Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Scranton are $11,630, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k)

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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