2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

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 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,812 people earned their degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, making the major the 527th most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 19 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,570 and $105,639 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing 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 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing program at the school. 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 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

#1

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$19,267 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairfield University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to qualified students.

Fairfield U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield U are $19,267, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (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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