2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s

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In 2020-2021, 7,992 people earned their degree in nursing practice, making the major the 105th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 483 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing practice. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in nursing practice.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in the Far Western US Region

1

Vanguard University of Southern California
Costa Mesa, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanguard University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. Vanguard University of Southern California is located in Costa Mesa, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

Full Vanguard University of Southern California Nursing Practice Report

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Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alaska Pacific University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Alaska Pacific Nursing Practice Report

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice

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

• *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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