2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Getting Aid” 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 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 157 masters’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also made our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436.

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 (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

Featured Nursing Schools

Request Info

Southern New Hampshire University You have goals. Southern New Hampshire University can help you get there. Whether you need a bachelor's degree to get into a career or want a master's degree to move up in your current career, SNHU has an online program for you. Find your degree from over 200 online programs ... Learn More >