2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across California, there were 173 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 18 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health/community nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health/community nurse/nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health/community nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree public health/community nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

University of California - Irvine

Irvine, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,456 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public health/community nursing degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at University of California - Irvine

#2

California State University - Long Beach

Long Beach, California

$17,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. CSULB is a large school located in Long Beach, California that handed out 1 masters’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSULB, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSULB are $17,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community 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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