2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 304 people earned their degree in perioperative/operating room and surgical nurse/nursing, making the major the 819th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 237 perioperative/operating room and surgical nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 195 perioperative/operating room and surgical nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality perioperative/operating room and surgical nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the perioperative/operating room and surgical nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree perioperative/operating room and surgical nursing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 195 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn also made our “Best Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing at University of Pennsylvania

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing (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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