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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Florida For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Florida, there were 17,586 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,671 and $120,169 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality registered nursing programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The registered nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Florida For Those Getting Aid”.

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

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

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

#1

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$22,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nova Southeastern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Florida For Those Getting Aid. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s registered nursing students in 2019-2020.

NUS Florida did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Registered Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Nova Southeastern University are $22,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Registered Nursing at NUS Florida

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• 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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