2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Registered Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 259,493 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across West Virginia, there were 1,547 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 76 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in registered nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great registered 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 registered nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in West Virginia

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. West Virginia University is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU also made our “Best Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154.

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#2

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$7,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #2 spot on the list. American Military University is a large school located in Charles Town, West Virginia that handed out 20 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

American Military University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at American Public University System are $7,050.

Read more about Registered Nursing at American Public University System

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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

• *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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