2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Alabama (With Aid)

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 Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Alabama, there were 6,358 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 166 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality registered nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the registered nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$16,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. University of South Alabama is a public institution located in Mobile, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 166 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Registered Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USA are $16,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Registered Nursing at University of South Alabama

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Registered 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.

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