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2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
2,697 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master's in Utah For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

With 313,362 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across Utah, there were 17,490 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,970 and $23,019 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2,697 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nursing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in Utah (With Aid)

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, Utah
#1 in overall quality
$7,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees
$86,683 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Governors University landed the #1 spot on the list. WGU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2,579 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WGU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WGU are $7,790.

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#2

Brigham Young University - Provo

Provo, Utah
#4 in overall quality
$7,510 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees
$104,749 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid list. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 11 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality
$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees
$89,230 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 25 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Weber State University

Ogden, Utah
#5 in overall quality
$19,022 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees
$77,715 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nursing degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Weber State University are $19,022, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Utah Valley University

Orem, Utah
#6 in overall quality
$26,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid list. UVU is a large school located in Orem, Utah that handed out 5 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UVU are $26,657, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality
$14,669 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees
$115,339 Average Early-Career Earnings

Westminster College Utah came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid ranking. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 38 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Westminster College Salt Lake also made our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Westminster College Salt Lake are $14,669, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

Independence University

Salt Lake City, Utah
$15,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Independence University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Utah For Those Getting Aid ranking. This fairly large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 1 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Branch of Stevens-Henager College also took the #0 spot in our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Independence University are $15,552.

Read more about Nursing at Branch of Stevens-Henager College

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%.

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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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