2022 Best Value Nursing Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,637 people earned their degree in nursing science, making the major the 150th most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 31 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nursing science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the nursing science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nursing Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree nursing science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Science (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

#1

Goodwin College

East Hartford, Connecticut

$14,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nursing Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Goodwin College landed the #1 spot on the list. East Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nursing science degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Goodwin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Nursing Science Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Goodwin are $14,500.

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#2

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$20,090 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nursing Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Hamden, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s nursing science students in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nursing Science Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Quinnipiac University are $20,090, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Science (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Science (Income $30-$48k)

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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