2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 355 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 16 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs and cost less that 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 Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree psychiatric/mental health nursing students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Hunter College

New York, New York

#4 in overall quality

$20,828 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hunter College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Hunter is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hunter not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hunter are $20,828, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York

#3 in overall quality

$25,583 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Stony Brook University landed the #2 spot on the list. Stony Brook University is a large school located in Stony Brook, New York that handed out 1 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Stony Brook also took the #3 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,583.

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#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#2 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. University at Buffalo is a large public school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 1 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also took the #2 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Robert Morris University

Moon Township, Pennsylvania

#5 in overall quality

$26,839 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Robert Morris University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing students in 2019-2020.

RMU also made our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5.

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#5

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (With Aid)

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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