2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in North Carolina

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 259,493 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, registered nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 6,123 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent registered 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 registered nursing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in North Carolina

#1

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$9,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Gardner - Webb University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified doctorate’s registered nursing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gardner - Webb, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Registered Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Gardner - Webb University are $9,050.

Read full report on Registered Nursing at Gardner - Webb

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Registered 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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