2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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 $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health/community nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health/community 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 public health/community nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k

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

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

#1

California State University - Long Beach

Long Beach, California

$17,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Long Beach. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k. Long Beach, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public health/community nursing degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

CSULB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Long Beach are $17,784.

Read more about Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at CSULB

#2

University of California - Irvine

Irvine, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,456 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of California - Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s public health/community nursing degrees to qualified students.

UC Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC 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

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’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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