2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing is the 527th most popular major in the country with 1,812 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 409 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 144 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychiatric/mental health 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 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree psychiatric/mental health nursing students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Mount Marty University

Yankton, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$8,175 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Marty University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Mount Marty is a private not-for-profit institution located in Yankton, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mount Marty not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Marty are $8,175.

Full Mount Marty University Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Report

#2

Cox College

Springfield, Missouri

$12,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cox College landed the #2 spot on the list. Cox College is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cox College, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cox College are $12,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Cox College

#2

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$15,696 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. Maryville U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 131 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Maryville U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville University of Saint Louis are $15,696, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Maryville University of Saint Louis

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $75-$110k)

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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