2023 Most Popular Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing in the Plains States Region

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 “Most Well Attended Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing is the 316th most popular major in the country with 1,883 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 3 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public health/community nurse/nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular public health/community nurse/nursing programs in the United States.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing in the Plains States Region

1

Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health
Omaha, Nebraska

$56,311 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,256 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health landed the #1 spot on the list. Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s public health/community nursing degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health

2

Allen College
Waterloo, Iowa

$64,491 Average Early-Career Earnings

$30,510 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Allen College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified ’s public health/community nursing students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at Allen College

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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