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

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 the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Great Lakes region, there were 49 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 20 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 the Great Lakes Region 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 the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. U-M is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 15 masters’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Wayne State is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at Wayne State

#3

Cedarville University

Cedarville, Ohio

$9,065 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cedarville University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Cedarville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s public health/community nursing students in 2019-2020.

Cedarville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cedarville University are $9,065, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Cedarville University Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Report

• 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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