2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing is the 421st most popular major in the country with 1,588 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 157 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 157 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health/community nurse/nursing programs and 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 public health/community nurse/nursing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree public health/community nursing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,436 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 157 masters’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at Grand Canyon University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community 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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