2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,588 people earned their degree in public health/community nurse/nursing, making the major the 421st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 90 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public health/community nurse/nursing. 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.

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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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 Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree public health/community nursing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Bluefield College

Bluefield, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$25,207 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bluefield College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Bluefield College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bluefield, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bluefield College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bluefield College is $25,207 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Health/Community Nursing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Bluefield College Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Report

#2

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$38,540 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 39 bachelors’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend U Miami is $38,540 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Health/Community Nursing students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at U Miami

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k)

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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