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2022 Best Value Nursing Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
698 Degrees Awarded
$5,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nursing Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

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 Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 698 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in nursing science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nursing science programs, but they also cost less that 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 an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nursing Science (With Aid)

#1

EDP University - San Sebastian

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend EDP University - San Sebastian. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. San Sebastian, is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s nursing science degrees to 164 students in 2019-2020.

EDP - San Sebastian also took the #3 spot in our “Best Nursing Science Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend EDP University - San Sebastian is $7,113 for Associate Degree Nursing Science students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

EDP University - San Juan

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend EDP University - San Juan. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. EDP - San Juan is located in San Juan, and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 214 associates’s nursing science degrees to qualified students.

EDP - San Juan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nursing Science Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $5,841 for Associate Degree Nursing Science students with aid per year to attend EDP University - San Juan.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full EDP University - San Juan Nursing Science Report

#3

Atenas College

Manati, <nil>
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Atenas College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Nursing Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Atenas College is a small school located in Manati, that handed out 27 associates’s nursing science degrees in 2019-2020.

Atenas College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Nursing Science Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Atenas College is $5,135 for associate degree nursing science students with aid.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nursing Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Dewey University - Manati landed the #4 spot on the list. Dewey University - Manati is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Manati, . It awarded 19 associates’s nursing science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dewey University - Manati, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Nursing Science Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dewey University - Manati is $5,342 for associate degree nursing science students with aid.

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#5

Dewey University - Juana Diaz

Juana Diaz, <nil>
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dewey University - Juana Diaz. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Nursing Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Juana Diaz, is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s nursing science degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree nursing science students with aid list, Dewey University - Juana Diaz has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Nursing Science Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dewey University - Juana Diaz is $4,981 for associate degree nursing science students with aid.

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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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